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Tables of Contents for Cosmology and Controversy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PREFACE
ix
CHAPTER ONE Background: From Einstein to Hubble
3
19
CHAPTER TWO Lemaitre's Fireworks Universe
22
58
2.1 The Discovery of the Expanding Universe
22
17
2.2 The Primeval Atom
39
22
2.3 Cosmythologies
61
12
2.4 The Time Scale Difficulty
73
7
CHAPTER THREE Gamow's Big Bang
80
62
3.1 Nuclear Physics and Stellar Energy
81
20
3.2 The Ultimate Nuclear Oven
101
22
3.3 Cosmology as a Branch of Physics
123
19
CHAPTER FOUR The Steady-State Alternative
142
60
4.1 Stationary Universes and Creation of Matter
143
19
4.2 A Cambridge Trio
162
11
4.3 Emergence of the Steady-State Theory
173
6
4.4 Two Steady-State Papers
179
7
4.5 Elaboration and Initial Response
186
16
CHAPTER FIVE Creation and Controversy
202
67
5.1 Developments and Modifications of Steady-State Theory
202
17
5.2 Is Cosmology a Science?
219
32
5.3 Religion, Politics, and the Universe
251
18
CHAPTER SIX The Universe Observed
269
49
6.1 Observational Challenges
271
17
6.2 Galaxies and Atomic Nuclei
288
17
6.3 Implications of Radio Astronomy
305
13
CHAPTER SEVEN From Controversy to Marginalization
318
71
7.1 New Observations, New Debates
319
19
7.2 Relics from the Birth of the Universe
338
20
7.3 Hoyle's Many Alternatives
358
15
7.4 The Termination of the Controversy
373
16
CHAPTER EIGHT Epilogue: Dynamics of a Controversy
389
8
APPENDIX I A Cosmological Chronology, 1917-1971
397
3
APPENDIX II Technical Glossary
400
3
NOTES
403
44
BIBLIOGRAPHY
447
40
INDEX
487