J. Richard Gott
Autor von Zeitreisen in Einsteins Universum
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J. Richard Gott is professor emeritus of astrophysics at Princeton University. He is the coauthor of Welcome to the Universe (Princeton).
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Readings in Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy: Physics 361-01 Cosmology, Spring Semester 1995 (1995) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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- Gott, John Richard
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- 1947
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- USA
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- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- Harvard University (BS | Mathematics | 1969)
Princeton University (PhD | Astrophysics | 1972) - Berufe
- astrophysicist
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- Princeton University
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- President's Award for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University
Robert J. Trumpler Award
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
Astronomical League Award
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Beyond Neil’s funny quips about the eventual potential fish found on the moon Europa being called europeans, the book offers two key jewels:
- a derivation of E = mc^2 that is the most intuitive I have ever read
- an application of the Copernican Principle to everyday estimation of how long things will last
Many other perspective views that tie the universe up into a pretty weird object, but walking through the steps that took us there.
Only big critique is that Gott does not really describe his strongest critics in the business of universes, he drifts over how contested many string theory approaches have been.
Great read nevertheless...… (mehr)