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020			_a9780674242623 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aQB460 _b.Z853 2019
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aJohnson, John, _d1947- _e1
245	1	0	_aZwicky _bthe outcast genius who unmasked the universe _cJohn Johnson, Jr.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts _bHarvard University Press _c2019.
300			_a1 online resource (viii, 352 pages) _billustrations
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
504			_a1 and index
520	0		_aFritz Zwicky was one of the most inventive and iconoclastic scientists of the twentieth century. He predicted the existence of neutron stars, and his research pointed the way toward the discovery of pulsars and black holes. He was the first to conceive of the existence of dark matter, the first to make a detailed catalog of thousands of galaxies, and the first to correctly suggest that cosmic rays originate from supernovas. Not content to confine his discoveries to the heavens, Zwicky contributed to the US war against Japan with inventions in jet propulsion that enabled aircraft to launch from carriers in the Pacific. After the war, he was the first Western scientist to interview Wernher von Braun, the Nazi engineer who developed the V-2 rocket. Later he became an outspoken advocate for space exploration, but also tangled with almost every leading scientist of the time, from Edwin Hubble and Richard Feynman to J. Robert Oppenheimer and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. In Zwicky, John Johnson Jr. brings this tempestuous maverick to life. Zwicky not only made groundbreaking contributions to science and engineering; he rose to fame as one of the most imaginative science popularizers of his day. Yet he became a pariah in the scientific community, denouncing his enemies, real and imagined, as "spherical bastards" and "horses' asses." Largely forgotten today, Zwicky deserves to be remembered for introducing the world to some of the most destructive forces in the universe, and as a reminder that genius obeys no rules and has no friends.-- _cProvided by publisher
505	0	0	_aNoted young men of science -- _tGlarus thrust -- _tOn the trail of Zwicky's ghost: the bones of the earth -- _tThe bigger and better elephant -- _tQuantum steak and matrix salad -- _tThe expanding universe and tired light -- _tOn the trail of Zwicky's ghost: the skeleton of the universe -- _tNew alliances, new physics -- _tTilting at windmills -- _tRocket man -- _tHome fires -- _tSecret missions, finding Von Braun -- _tThe march into space -- _tBridges in space -- _tDomestic life -- _tOn the trail of Zwicky's ghost: dark matter rattles its chains -- _tMcCarthy and Sputnik -- _tBlue stars and quasars -- _tBanishment: even the old lion must roar -- _tYoung America going to pot -- _tMagnificent desolation -- _tOn the trail of Zwicky's ghost: mystery unsolved -- _tA scientific individual
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600	1	0	_aZwicky, F. _q(Fritz), _d1898-1974.
650		0	_aAstrophysicists _vBiography.
650		0	_aAstrophysics _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aScience news.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell