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Willem de Sitter = Einstein's friend and opponent /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Willem de Sitter/ by Jan Guichelaar.
Reminder of title:	Einstein's friend and opponent /
Author:	Guichelaar, Jan.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2018.,
Description:	xxii, 278 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Astronomers - Biography. - Netherlands -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98337-0
ISBN:	9783319983370

Willem de Sitter = Einstein's friend and opponent /
Guichelaar, Jan.

Willem de SitterEinstein's friend and opponent /[electronic resource] :by Jan Guichelaar. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018. - xxii, 278 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Springer biographies,2365-0613. - Springer biographies..

Astronomy in Leiden -- Descent -- Youth and Education -- The Making of an Astronomer -- The Galilean Moons of Jupiter -- The Road to Professor in Leiden -- Leiden Activities -- Fundamental Work and a new Theory for Jupiter's Satellites -- Gravity, General Theory of Relativity and Cosmology -- Director of the Observatory and Stay in Arosa -- At the Top -- International Business -- Last years -- Abbreviations.

This is a thorough, very readable and excellently illustrated biography of Willem de Sitter (1872-1934), one of the most influential astronomers of his time, and also a co-author and correspondent of Einstein. Authored by a physicist and skilled writer, the book gives a beautiful and accessible description of the physics debated by Einstein and de Sitter, as well as the latter's alternative cosmological model, later known as the De Sitter Universe. But this is just part of a fascinating and varied life story involving numerous contributions to astronomy, as well as many places and personalities of early 20th century physics. The book will appeal to all those interested in astronomy and physics and their history.

ISBN: 9783319983370

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-98337-0doiSubjects--Personal Names:

1209704
Sitter, Willem de.
Subjects--Topical Terms:

1064787
Astronomers
--Netherlands--Biography.

LC Class. No.: QB36.S6 / G853 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 520.92

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