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Conflict in the cosmos; Fred Hoyle's life in science.


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 Hoyle's life in science.

Mitton, Simon.

Joseph Henry Press, [c]2005

401 p.

$27.95

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 were specializing in narrow areas, says Mitton (astronomy astronomy, branch of science that studies the motions and natures of celestial bodies, such as planets, stars, and galaxies; more generally, the study of matter and energy in the universe at large. , Cambridge U.), Hoyle claimed the entire celestial ce·les·tial  
adj.
1. Of or relating to the sky or the heavens: Planets are celestial bodies.

2. Of or relating to heaven; divine: celestial beings.

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 realm--the universe and all its contents--as his field, and proceeded to transform the discipline during the third quarter of the 20th century. Much of the insight in the biography is gleaned from Hoyle's associates at Cambridge, where Mitton began working just after Hoyle left in 1972.
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