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6 X 10.5 Long Title.P65 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-18947-7 - Fred Hoyle: A Life in Science Simon Mitton Index More information INDEX A for Andromeda (Hoyle), 165, 236–7 Atomic theory, 39, 51, 153, 197–8, 215 Aarseth, Sverre, 10 Aubrey, John, 312 Academic Assistance Council, 48 Australia, see also Anglo-Australian Active galactic nucleus, 235, 275, 314, 315 telescope Adams, Walter S., 70, 74, 101, 102, 104 radio astronomy surveys, 172, 175–6, Admiralty Signal Establishment, 75, 91, 184–5, 187–8, 189, 272 92, 93–8 Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 139 Adrian, Lord, 186 Australian National University, 295 Albert, Prince, 58 Alfvén, Hannes, 174–5, 304 Baade, Walter, 102–5, 107, 152, 154–5, All Souls College, 278 157, 159–60, 163, 164, 174, 176, Alpha particles, 48, 205, 210 177–8, 200, 202, 218, 232 Alpher, Ralph, 116, 199 Babbage, Charles, 1 Aluminium-26, 305 Background microwave radiation, 76, 192, Amari, Sachiko, 305 195, 314 American Astronomical Society, 195, 319 Baggaley, Norman, 255 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, 227, Baker, Henry, 187 274 Baldwin, Stanley, 81 American Physical Society, 207, 209 Balzan Prize, 166, 304 Andromeda Breakthrough (TV series), 237 Barium, 213, 217 Andromeda galaxy, 105, 155, 160 Barrow, John, 322 Anglo-Australian telescope, 1, 8, 257, Batchelor, George, 239–41, 246, 249, 252, 258–9, 262, 279, 282, 285–6, 295–9 294 Antielectrons, see Positrons BBC Appleton, Edward, 91–2, 98 A for Andromeda TV series, 236–7 Archaeopteryx lithographica, 309–10 birthday broadcast with Hoyle, 306 Arecibo Observatory, 268–9 Hoyle’s radio lectures, 125–6, 127–38, Argon, 201, 210, 221 320 Argonne Laboratory, 215 Reith Lecturer, 132 Arnett, Dave, 264, 265, 322 Becquerel, Henri, 303 Arp, Halton (Chip), 271, 273–4 Beecham, Thomas, 27 Arthur, Chester, 1 Bell, Jocelyn, 79, 266–7, 301–3 Aston, Francis W., 45, 198 Bell Telephone Laboratories, 192 Astronomy Society of the Pacific, 301 Beryllium, 205–7, 314 Astrophysical Journal, 11, 105, 149, 262, Beta decay, 48, 51, 53, 54, 211, 217, 300 271, 274, 316 Bethe, Hans, 54, 62, 67, 116, 146, 147, Athenaeum (California), 214 151, 201, 205 Atkinson, Robert, 65–6, 67–9, 71, 85, 126, Big bang theory, 294 130 age-of-universe problem, 112, 155, 315 Atlee, Clement, 180 alpha-beta model, 116, 123 Atomic mass, 198 background microwave radiation and, Atomic number, 198 192, 195, 314 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-18947-7 - Fred Hoyle: A Life in Science Simon Mitton Index More information INDEX 355 as creation event, 112, 139 Calcium, 199, 201, 203, 210 Eddington model, 40–1, 111, 112, 115, California Institute of Technology 117–18, 120 (Caltech), 8, 155, 157, 186, 191, gravitational force and, 112, 195 203–4, 205, 206, 212–13, 215, 216, inflationary scenario, 195 223, 224, 231, 232–3, 245, 262, 264, Lemaître model, 111, 139, 199 266, 280, 284, 297, 300, 306 and nucleosynthesis, 116, 199–200, 219, Californium, 218 221 Cambridge Philosophical Society, 66, 68 observational test of, 179, 190–1 Cambridge University, see also individual philosophical weakness, 316 colleges Bingley Grammar School, 25, 27, 29 academic life, 32–3, 42–3, 44–5, 47, Bismuth, 216 49–50, 51–2, 162 Black Cloud, 4, 165, 186, 235–6 administrative structure, 281–5 Black holes, 235, 269–70, 275 astronomy and astrophysics at, 60, Blake, William, 13 161–2, 165–6, 192–3, 197, 277–8 Blueshifts, 270 Backs, The 54 Bohr Institute, 209–10 Boat Race, 43 Bolton, John, 233 Cavendish Laboratory, 4, 29, 45, 46, Bondi, Christine Stockman, 114–15, 122, 49–50, 52, 54, 55, 61, 66, 68, 169, 154 173, 197, 198, 262, 266, 277, 281, Bondi, Hermann, 75–8, 80, 88, 92, 94–5, 291 96–7, 98–9, 107, 113–15, 116–21, colleges and governance structure, 122–3, 139–40, 183, 184, 186, 188, 32–3, 53, 197 191, 258–9, 275, 276, 322 computers, 154, 165–6, 186, 228–9 Born, Max, 125 Department of Applied Mathematics Boron, 314 and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), Boston University, 310 238–41, 246, 262, 266, 277, 278, Bowen, Ira, 216 284, 291 Bowen, Taffy, 297 Hoyle Building, 306 Boyd, Robert, 260 mathematical laboratory, 154, 165 Bradford Pals, 14 mathematical tripos, 35–6, 39, 42–3, Brashear, John, 159 114, 249, 277 British Astronomical Association, Maxwell lecture theatre, 49, 266 101 Mayhew Prize, 47–8 Bruce Medal, 301 natural sciences tripos, 277 Brück, Hermann, 260, 261 Nobel laureates, 34, 42, 45–6, 92, 170, Brundrett, Fred, 81, 83 197, 198, 267 Bryanston School, 213 nuclear physics at, 26, 34, 45–7, 50–2, Burbidge, E. Margaret (née Peachey), 55 202–4, 205, 210, 212, 214, 215, 216, Observatories, 1, 61, 143–4, 162, 176, 222, 247, 251, 258, 259, 268, 273, 183, 244, 246, 251, 272, 278–80 279, 288, 290, 295, 296, 297, 300, Parker’s Piece, 32 314, 319, 322 physics department, 11, 45–6, 49–50, Burbidge, Geoffrey, 195, 202–4, 205, 210, 51–2, 54, 68, 79, 197, 198 212–13, 214, 215–16, 218, 222, 230, Plumian Professor of Astronomy, 11, 247, 251, 258, 260, 284, 288, 297, 187, 292 300, 314, 319–21, 322 postwar conditions, 113–15 Butterfield, Herbert, 132 sports and athletics, 43–4 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-18947-7 - Fred Hoyle: A Life in Science Simon Mitton Index More information 356 FRED HOYLE: A LIFE IN SCIENCE Cambridge University – cont. CN molecules, 70 traditions, 7–8, 44–5, 47, 162 Coales, John, 88 Tyson Medal, 43 Cobalt-56, 228 William (Bill) H. Gates Building for Cobb, Henry Ives, 161 Computer Science, 11 Cockroft, John, 34, 45, 58, 245, 251 Cambridge University Press, 195, 319–21 Cold War, 192, 214–15 Cameron, Alastair, 211–13, 218, 220, 269 Comets, 78–9, 308–9 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 138 Committee for the Scientific Study of Air Cannon, Annie Jump, 73 Defence, 82 Carbon, 12, 51, 164, 198, 200–1, 205, Computers, 2, 11, 78, 109, 142, 146, 163 206–9, 211–12, 215, 222, 265, 305 Atlas, 228–9 Carnegie Foundation, 213 digital, 219 Carnegie Institution of Washington, 274 EDSAC, 165–6, 186 Carruthers, George, 70 IBM 360/44, 253, 265, 272–3 Cartwright, Mary, 244 IBM 704, 221 Cassels, J. M., 260 IBM 7090, 227–9, 275 Cassiopeia, radio source, 176, 177 Conservation of energy, 118 Causality principle, 276 Conservation of mass, 119 Cepheids, 151–2, 155 Continental drift, 65 Cerro Tololo, Chile, telescope, 298 Cook, Dick, 255–7 CH molecules, 70 Copernicus, Nicolaus, 4, 8, 190 Chadwick, James, 45, 198 Copleston, Frederick, 135 Chalk River Laboratories, 211, 212, 218 Cornell University, 54, 208, 268–9, 302, Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan, 162–3, 306 212, 271, 304 Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), Chandrasekhar limit, 162 116, 195 Charles, Prince, 298–9 Cosmology, see also Big bang theory; Chemical elements, see also individual Steady-state theory; Universe elements action-at-a-distance theories, 275–6 abundance tables, 199, 200, 215–16 brane, 140 atomic mass, 198 computer simulations, 275 atomic number, 198 extra-large dimensions, 140 isotopes, 45, 51, 198, 199, 201 galactic distances and, 85, 111–12, 119, meteorite data, 215 120, 155 origin of, see Nucleosynthesis general theory of relativity and, 110, Periodic Table, 198 115, 119, 120–1, 124, 139, 140 Prout’s hypothesis, 198 Hubble’s law, 108–9 stellar composition, 101, 123, 144–5, large-number coincidences, 112, 118 147–8, 152–4, 160, 164, 199, mathematical models, 110–11, 112 202–3, 212, 215–17 observational, 124, 155, 157–8, 179–80, Christian Science Monitor, 138 182–4, 187–8, 191, 315–16 Christie, Julie, 237, 238 radio frequency source counts and, Churchill, Winston, 89, 90, 94, 98 179–80, 181–4, 188, 190, 191, Churchill College, 251 194–5, 273 Clayton, Don, 253, 263–5, 266, 300–1, reviews of progress in, 115, 116–17 302–3, 304–5, 318 superstring, 140 Cloud chamber, 45 Cottrell, Alan, 244 Clow, Archie, 126, 127, 131 Coulomb, Charles de, 275 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-18947-7 - Fred Hoyle: A Life in Science Simon Mitton Index More information INDEX 357 Cowling, Thomas, 151 cosmological theory, 40–1, 111, 112, Crab Nebula, 172, 176, 177, 201, 224–5, 115, 117, 118, 120 269 death, 2, 107, 123, 254 Crafoord Prize, 304 honours and awards, 301 Cruise missiles, 107 influence on Hoyle, 3–4, 11–12, 25, 27, Cygnus A, 177–8, 187–8, 229–30 36, 39, 40, 67, 68, 143–4, 151, 198 large-number coincidences, 112, 118 Dalgarno, Alex, 258 lecturing style, 42–3, 73 Dalton, John, 198 as mathematician, 36 Dame schools, 19 nucleosynthesis speculations, 198, 211 Daniel, Glyn, 310 Plumian Professor of Astronomy, 11, Dark energy, 196 144 Darlington, Cyril, 131–2 RAS theory papers, 73–4, 110 Darwin College, 266 scientific approach, 151 Davidson, Kris, 79 stellar evolution and structure Davies, Paul, 307 contributions, 25–6, 40–1, 61–2, de Ferranti, Basil, 228, 229 66, 68, 70, 73, 143, 144, 146, de Sitter, Willem, 110–11, 115 147–8, 152, 153, 211 Death rays, 82 Edmonson, Frank, 138 Deer, Alec, 289 Edward VII, 124 Degenerate matter, 114 Efstathiou, George, 322 Dee, Philip, 54 Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, 122 Del-Squared V Club, 50, 55–6, 203, 210 Einstein, Albert, 4, 26, 37–9, 41, 110, 111, Deuterium, 221 115, 117, 139, 144, 158, 213, 276 Dewhirst, David, 176, 177, 183 Einstein, Elsa, 158 Dicke, Robert, 192 Einstein X-ray Observatory, 80 Different Approach to Cosmology, A Eldwick school, 23 (Hoyle), 319–21 Electromagnetic theory, 34, 37 Dingle, Herbert, 130, 136–7, 140, 176–7 Electronics industry, 2 Dirac, Paul, 3, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42–3, 46, 48, Electrons, 56 50, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 112, 118, 120, beta decay, 48, 51 147, 301 discovery, 34, 45, 198 Dodd, K.
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