The cosmic microwave background historical and philosophical lessons

Physical cosmology : a brief introduction -- Discovery of the CMB and current cosmological orthodoxy -- What constitutes an unorthodoxy? Epistemological framework of cosmology -- Moderate unorthodoxies : the CMB with the Big Bang -- Radical unorthodoxies : the CMB without the Big Bang -- Formation o...

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1. Verfasser: Perović, Slobodan (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Ćirković, Milan M. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY, Port Melbourne, VIC Cambridge University Press 2024
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Zusammenfassung:Physical cosmology : a brief introduction -- Discovery of the CMB and current cosmological orthodoxy -- What constitutes an unorthodoxy? Epistemological framework of cosmology -- Moderate unorthodoxies : the CMB with the Big Bang -- Radical unorthodoxies : the CMB without the Big Bang -- Formation of the orthodoxy and the alternatives : epistemological lessons -- Other philosophically relevant aspects of the CMB.
"The untold story of how the cosmic microwave background radiation was interpreted following its discovery is a modern case study of theory building within the history and philosophy of science. It examines the epistemological factors at play between the emerging scientific orthodoxy of the Big Bang theory and its alternatives"--
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 185-200
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ISBN:9781108844604
978-1-108-84460-4