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Scientific and popular literature on modern cosmology is very extensive; however, scholarly works on the historical development of cosmology are few and scattered. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of the history of cosmology from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century.
It provides historical background to what we know about the universe today, including not only the successes but also the many false starts. Big Bang theory features prominently, but so does the defunct steady state theory. The book starts with a chapter on the pre-Einstein period (1860-1910) and ends with chapters on modern developments such as inflation, dark energy and multiverse hypotheses. The chapters are organized chronologically, with some focusing on theory and others more on observations and technological advances. A few of the chapters discuss more general ideas, relating to larger contexts such as politics, economy, philosophy and world views.
Contents
1: Cosmological theories before and without Einstein
2: Observations and the universe
3: Relativistic models and the expanding universe
4: Alternative cosmological theories
5: Steady state theory and the cosmological controversy
6: Observational and astrophysical cosmology: 1940 to 1980
7: Relativistic astrophysics and cosmology
8: The cosmic microwave background: From discovery to precision cosmology
9: Space science and technological progress: Testing theories of relativistic gravity and cosmology during the Cold War
10: Observational and astrophysical cosmology: 1980 to 2018
11: Inflation, dark matter, and dark energy
12: Stranger things: Multiverse, string theory, physical eschatology
13: Philosophical aspects of cosmology