Cosmology After Half a Century: Fifty Years After Einstein’s Paper of 1917, Cosmology is in a Supremely Interesting State in Science Volume 160, Number 3834, 21 June 1968, pp. 1295-1299
New York: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1968. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPS OF MCCREA’S “Cosmology After Half a Century: Fifty Years After Einstein’s Paper of 1917”. In this paper, the British physicist McCrea gives an important historical overview and specifically addresses “the basic cosmological models and evaluated their performance” by measuring the available physical evidence against available observational evidence” (Encyclopedia Portal).
“From the very beginning of his work in the field, McCrea had sought to confront cosmological theory with observation, in part simply to restrain excursions of theorists imaginations, and in part to provide evidence for choosing between competing models” (ibid). In this paper, McCrea describes the observational inconsistency in the interpretation of particle horizons in some models of the Big Bang, also known as the ”horizon problem”, as one of the most important remaining issues in cosmology.
William Hunter McCrea made contributions to mathematics, physics, and almost every area of astronomy, including planetary physics, astrophysics, comets, interstellar hydrogen chemistry, Newtonian cosmology, relativistic cosmology, and steady state cosmology. Item #885
CONDITION & DETAILS: New York: American Association for the Advancement of Science. First edition in original wraps, complete. 8vo. Mailing label on the front wrap. Original wraps with minor scuffing at the edge tips. Very good condition.
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