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Zwicky: The Outcast Genius Who Unmasked the Universe PDF

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Zwicky Zwicky THE OUTCAST GENIUS WHO UNMASKED THE UNIVERSE JOHN JOHNSON JR. Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts London, England 2019 Copyright © 2019 by John Johnson Jr. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of Amer i ca First printing Cover photo: Bettmann | Getty Images Cover design: Lisa Roberts 9780674242623 (EPUB) 9780674242630(MOBI) 9780674242616 (PDF) The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Names: Johnson, John, 1947– author. Title: Zwicky : the outcast genius who unmasked the universe / John Johnson, Jr. Description: Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts : Harvard University Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019009091 | ISBN 9780674979673 (alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Zwicky, F. (Fritz), 1898–1974. | Astrophysics— History—20th century. | Science news. Classification: LCC QB460.72.Z35 J64 2019 | DDC 523.01092 [B]— dc23 LC rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2019009091 For Dylan More than a son, a friend CONTENTS 1 Noted Young Men of Science 1 2 Glarus Thrust 15 ON THE TRAIL OF ZWICKY’S GHOST: The Bones of the Earth 29 3 The Bigger and Better Elephant 31 4 Quantum Steak and Matrix Salad 47 5 The Expanding Universe and Tired Light 57 ON THE TRAIL OF ZWICKY’S GHOST: The Skeleton of the Universe 77 6 New Alliances, New Physics 81 7 Tilting at Windmills 107 8 Rocket Man 117 9 Home Fires 138 10 Secret Missions, Finding von Braun 148 11 The March into Space 164 12 Bridges in Space 184 13 Domestic Life 203 ON THE TRAIL OF ZWICKY’S GHOST: Did Dark Matter Rattle Its Chains? 217 14 McCarthy and Sputnik 221 15 Blue Stars and Quasars 240

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