Varying gravity : Dirac's legacy in cosmology and geophysics /: Dirac's legacy in cosmology and geophysics. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Helge Kragh.
• Authors: Kragh, Helge, 1944-
• Contents: Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introductory Issues; 1.1 The Heavens and the Earth; 1.2 Cosmology, Cosmogony, and Geology; 1.3 Halmś Expanding Earth; Chapter 2: Varying Gravity; 2.1 Big G: The Gravitational Constant; 2.2 Dirac and the Magic of Large Numbers; 2.3 Jordanś Cosmological System; 2.4 ``A Landmark in Human Thought;́́ 2.5 Paleoclimatology Enters Cosmology; 2.6 Offspring of Scalar-Tensor Gravitation Theory; 2.7 A Machian Approach to Fundamental Physics; Chapter 3: The Expanding Earth; 3.1 Drifting Continents and the Expansion Alternative. 3.2 Pascual Jordan: Geophysicist?3.3 Dicke and the Earth Sciences; 3.4 Egyed and the New Expansion Theory; 3.5 Sympathizers of Expansionism; 3.6 Discussions Pro et contra; Chapter 4: After Plate Tectonics; 4.1 Steady-State Cosmology and the Earth; 4.2 New Creation Cosmologies; 4.3 Testing Varying Gravity; 4.4 Degeneration; 4.5 Two Revolutions in Science; 4.6 Historiographical and Other Perspectives; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Birkhäuser
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 523.1; Mathematics; Cosmology; Geophysics; SCIENCE -- Astronomy; Cosmology; Geophysics; Science -- Cosmology; Science -- Geophysics; Relativity physics; Geophysics; Mathematics -- History & Philosophy; History of mathematics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319243795; 3319243799
• Related ISBNs: 9783319243771; 3319243772
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 15, 2016).
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