Ebook: Georges Lemaître: Life, Science and Legacy

The year 2011 marked the 80th anniversary of Georges Lemaître’s primeval atom model of the universe, forerunner of the modern day Big Bang theory. Prompted by this momentous anniversary the Royal Astronomical Society decided to publish a volume of essays on the life, work and faith of this great cosmologist, who was also a Roman Catholic priest. The papers presented in this book examine in detail the historical, cosmological, philosophical and theological issues surrounding the development of the Big Bang theory from its beginnings in the pioneering work of Lemaître through to the modern day.

This book offers the best account in English of Lemaître’s life and work. It will be appreciated by professionals and graduate students interested in the history of cosmology.

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The year 2011 marked the 80th anniversary of Georges Lema?tre’s primeval atom model of the universe, forerunner of the modern day Big Bang theory. Prompted by this momentous anniversary the Royal Astronomical Society decided to publish a volume of essays on the life, work and faith of this great cosmologist, who was also a Roman Catholic priest. The papers presented in this book examine in detail the historical, cosmological, philosophical and theological issues surrounding the development of the Big Bang theory from its beginnings in the pioneering work of Lema?tre through to the modern day.

This book offers the best account in English of Lema?tre’s life and work. It will be appreciated by professionals and graduate students interested in the history of cosmology.

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The year 2011 marked the 80th anniversary of Georges Lema?tre’s primeval atom model of the universe, forerunner of the modern day Big Bang theory. Prompted by this momentous anniversary the Royal Astronomical Society decided to publish a volume of essays on the life, work and faith of this great cosmologist, who was also a Roman Catholic priest. The papers presented in this book examine in detail the historical, cosmological, philosophical and theological issues surrounding the development of the Big Bang theory from its beginnings in the pioneering work of Lema?tre through to the modern day.

This book offers the best account in English of Lema?tre’s life and work. It will be appreciated by professionals and graduate students interested in the history of cosmology.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Georges Lema?tre: A Brief Introduction to His Science, His Theology, and His Impact....Pages 1-7
Georges Lema?tre: The Priest Who Invented the Big Bang....Pages 9-21
‘The Wildest Speculation of All’: Lema?tre and the Primeval-Atom Universe....Pages 23-38
Georges Lema?tre and Fred Hoyle: Contrasting Characters in Science and Religion....Pages 39-53
Lema?tre, the Big Bang and the Quantum Universe....Pages 55-68
Georges Lema?tre: Science and Religion....Pages 69-74
Aquinas and Contemporary Cosmology: Creation and Beginnings....Pages 75-88
Georges Lema?tre and Stigler’s Law of Eponymy....Pages 89-96
Building on the Legacy of Georges Lema?tre in Contemporary Cosmology....Pages 97-111
Multiple Reasons for a Multiverse....Pages 113-123
Multiverses, Science, and Ultimate Causation....Pages 125-144
Lema?tre’s Prescience: The Beginning and End of the Cosmos....Pages 145-172
Modern Cosmology and Anthropic Fine-Tuning: Three approaches....Pages 173-191
Some Theological Reflections....Pages 193-196
Back Matter....Pages 197-201

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The year 2011 marked the 80th anniversary of Georges Lema?tre’s primeval atom model of the universe, forerunner of the modern day Big Bang theory. Prompted by this momentous anniversary the Royal Astronomical Society decided to publish a volume of essays on the life, work and faith of this great cosmologist, who was also a Roman Catholic priest. The papers presented in this book examine in detail the historical, cosmological, philosophical and theological issues surrounding the development of the Big Bang theory from its beginnings in the pioneering work of Lema?tre through to the modern day.

This book offers the best account in English of Lema?tre’s life and work. It will be appreciated by professionals and graduate students interested in the history of cosmology.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Georges Lema?tre: A Brief Introduction to His Science, His Theology, and His Impact....Pages 1-7
Georges Lema?tre: The Priest Who Invented the Big Bang....Pages 9-21
‘The Wildest Speculation of All’: Lema?tre and the Primeval-Atom Universe....Pages 23-38
Georges Lema?tre and Fred Hoyle: Contrasting Characters in Science and Religion....Pages 39-53
Lema?tre, the Big Bang and the Quantum Universe....Pages 55-68
Georges Lema?tre: Science and Religion....Pages 69-74
Aquinas and Contemporary Cosmology: Creation and Beginnings....Pages 75-88
Georges Lema?tre and Stigler’s Law of Eponymy....Pages 89-96
Building on the Legacy of Georges Lema?tre in Contemporary Cosmology....Pages 97-111
Multiple Reasons for a Multiverse....Pages 113-123
Multiverses, Science, and Ultimate Causation....Pages 125-144
Lema?tre’s Prescience: The Beginning and End of the Cosmos....Pages 145-172
Modern Cosmology and Anthropic Fine-Tuning: Three approaches....Pages 173-191
Some Theological Reflections....Pages 193-196
Back Matter....Pages 197-201
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