
Geoffrey Burbidge (1925–2010)
Author of A Different Approach to Cosmology: From a Static Universe through the Big Bang towards Reality
About the Author
Series
Works by Geoffrey Burbidge
A Different Approach to Cosmology: From a Static Universe through the Big Bang towards Reality (2000) 23 copies, 1 review
Die Entstehung von Sternen 1 copy
Quasi-Stellar Objects 1 copy
Associated Works
Readings in Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy: Physics 361-01 Cosmology, Spring Semester 1995 (1995) — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Burbidge, Geoffrey
- Legal name
- Burbidge, Geoffrey Ronald
- Birthdate
- 1925-09-24
- Date of death
- 2010-01-26
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University College London (Ph.D)
- Occupations
- physics professor
physicist
astrophysicist
director (Kitt peak Observatory ∙ 1978 - 1984)
professor (University of California ∙ San Diego) - Organizations
- University of California, San Diego
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Royal Society (Fellow) - Awards and honors
- Fellow of the Royal Society
Warner Prize (1959 ∙ shared with his wife ∙ Margaret)
Bruce Medal (1999)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2005)
National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Reviewing (2007)
Asteroid named 11753 Geoffburbidge - Relationships
- Burbidge, E. Margaret (spouse)
- Nationality
- UK
USA - Places of residence
- Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK
London, England, UK
San Diego, California, USA
La Jolla, California, USA
Members
Reviews
An interesting and mathematically sophisticated sour-grapes diatribe, but a sour-grapes diatribe nonetheless. Seems that a minuscule group of adherents of the steady-state idea will always be with us.
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Statistics
- Works
- 53
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 171
- Popularity
- #124,898
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 33
