Willem de Sitter : Einstein's friend and opponent /

Willem de Sitter : Einstein's friend and opponent /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Guichelaar, Jan, 1945- author.
Imprint:	Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018] ©2018
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Springer biographies.
Subject:	Sitter, Willem de. Sitter, Willem de. Astronomers -- Netherlands -- Biography. Astronomers. Netherlands. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11706214

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ISBN:	9783319983370 3319983377 9783319983387 3319983385 9783319983363 3319983369
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	"This book draws, in part, on the author's earlier work in Dutch: "De Sitter, Een alternatief voor Einsteins heelalmodel", Veen Magazines, Amsterdam, 2009. [De Sitter, An alternative for Einstein's model of the universe]." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	This [book is a] 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.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9783319983363 Printed edition: 9783319983387
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-98337-0

Table of Contents:

Astronomy in Leiden till De Sitter's arrival
Descent : patricians, lawyers and politicians
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 of Jupiter's satellites
Gravity, general relativity and cosmology
Director of the observatory and stay in Arosa
At the top
International business
Last years.