Owen Gingerich (1930–2023)
Autor von The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
Über den Autor
Owen Gingerich is senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and research professor of astronomy and of the history of science at Harvard University
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Werke von Owen Gingerich
The Nature of scientific discovery: a symposium commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus (1975) 14 Exemplare
An Annotated Census of Copernicus' De Revolutionibus: (Nuremberg, 1543 and Basel, 1566) (Studia Copernicana - Brill… (2002) 7 Exemplare
Wittich Connection: Conflict and Priority in Late 16th Century Cosmology (Transactions of the American Philosophical… (1988) 4 Exemplare
Theory and Observation of Normal Stellar Atmospheres: Proceedings of the Third Harvard-Smithsonian Converence on… (1969) 3 Exemplare
Colloquia Copernicana III: Proceedings of the Joint Symposium of the IAU and the IUHPS, cosponsor 2 Exemplare
Στα ίχνη του Κοπέρνικου 1 Exemplar
The Six-Cornered Snowflake 1 Exemplar
The Universe as Theater for God's Action 1 Exemplar
Worrying About Evolution: Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Goshen Conference on Religion and Science (2013) 1 Exemplar
Collector's Choice: A Selection of Books and Manuscripts Given by Harrison D. Horblit to the Harvard College Library (2005) 1 Exemplar
Science A-17: the astronomical perspective 1 Exemplar
Nicholas Copernicus 1 Exemplar
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Introduction to Astrophysics: The Stars (Dover Books on Physics) (1961) — Übersetzer, einige Ausgaben — 32 Exemplare
The Starry Messenger, Venice 1610: "From Doubt to Astonishment" (1610) — Mitwirkender — 16 Exemplare
Man and Creation: Perspectives on Science and Theology (A Christian Vision Book) (1993) — Mitwirkender — 14 Exemplare
The general history of astronomy, volume 4, Astrophysics and twentieth-century astronomy to 1950, Part A (1984) — Herausgeber, einige Ausgaben — 12 Exemplare
The Star of Bethlehem and the Magi: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Experts on the Ancient Near East, the… (2015) — Mitwirkender — 12 Exemplare
Curiosities of the Ticknor Society: Contributions from Members, 2014-2015 (2015) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
William and Caroline Herschel : Pioneers in Late 18th-Century Astronomy (2014) — Vorwort — 3 Exemplare
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- Gingerich, Owen
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- Gingerich, Owen Jay
- Geburtstag
- 1930-03-24
- Todestag
- 2023-05-28
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- USA
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- Washington, Iowa, USA
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- Washington, Iowa, USA
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Indiana, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - Ausbildung
- Goshen College, Indiana
Harvard University - Berufe
- professor ( Harvard ∙ astronomy ∙ history of Science )
astronomer ( Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory ) - Organisationen
- International Academy of the History of Science
Harvard University
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- Poland's Order of Merit ( [1981])
Harvard-Radcliffe Phi Beta Kappa Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Councilor of the American Astronomical Society
LeRoy E. Doggett Prize for Historical Astronomy (2000)
Asteroid Namesake ( [2658])
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Zeige alle 7)
American Philosophical Society
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Gingerich holds the belief that the universe has been created and guided by an intelligence, God, and has a purpose. One source of support for this position comes from the amazing "fine tuning" of many cosmic conditions, any of which if different would have made impossible the development of life in the universe (see physicist and cosmologist Paul Davies' book "The Cosmic Jackpot).
An example: the balance between the outward expansion of energy and the inward pull of gravitational forces just after the Big Bang had to be accurate to within one part in 10 to the 59th power. A slight bit too much expansion would have left matter too widely dispersed to form galaxies, planets, intelligent beings, etc., and a slight bit too much gravitational pull would have collapsed the universe back on itself before these things could have developed. Were we just incredibly lucky that the balance happened to be just perfect to such an incredible degree for the eventual emergence of life? Or does this suggest some intelligence and purpose at work?
But although it makes more sense to Gingerich to view the universe as having a creative intelligence with purpose behind it, and he argues that the atheistic belief in a purposeless universe is a philosophical idea and not a scientific one, he is not trying to convert his atheistic colleagues in the scientific community. Rather he is arguing that both he, a believer in God, and his atheist colleagues will produce the same science regardless of their metaphysical positions on God and the cosmos.… (mehr)