Cosmology and Controversy:
The Historical Development of Two Theories of the Universe
Helge Kragh

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	Preface
Ch. 1	Background: From Einstein to Hubble	3
Ch. 2	Lemaitre's Fireworks Universe	22
Ch. 3	Gamow's Big Bang	80
Ch. 4	The Steady-State Alternative	142
Ch. 5	Creation and Controversy	202
Ch. 6	The Universe Observed	269
Ch. 7	From Controversy to Marginalization	318
Ch. 8	Epilogue: Dynamics of a Controversy	389
Appendix I	A Cosmological Chronology, 1917-1971	397
Appendix II	Technical Glossary	400
	Notes	403
	Bibliography	447
	Index	487

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