{"product_id":"home-is-where-the-wind-blows-isbn-9781938787799","title":"Home is Where the Wind Blows","description":"One of this century's most eminent scientist offers a revealing and charming account of his life and work. Mathematician, physicist, astronomer, cosmologist and originator of the term the 'Big Bang'-Sir Fred has always been ready and able to challenge established thinking.\u003cbr\u003eOne of this century’s most eminent scientist offers a revealing and charming account of his life and work. Mathematician, physicist, astronomer, cosmologist and originator of the term the ‘Big Bang’-Sir Fred has always been ready and able to challenge established thinking.Part One: 34, Primrose Lane: 1915-1939\u003cbr\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003eThe First World War\u003cbr\u003eForgotten Times\u003cbr\u003eComing to Grips with Who You Are\u003cbr\u003eCreeping Like Snail More Slowly Than Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003eA Scholarship Won from the Grip of Fate\u003cbr\u003eFirst Journeys to Cambridge\u003cbr\u003eThen the Undergrduate Seeking a Bubble Reputation in the Cannon’s Mouth\u003cbr\u003eDark Clouds Across the Sun\u003cbr\u003eThe Last of the Old World\u003cbr\u003ePart Two: The Larger World of Science: 1939 – 1958\u003cbr\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003eSir Arthur Eddington\u003cbr\u003eAt War with Germany\u003cbr\u003eThe Nutbourne Saga\u003cbr\u003eThe Saga Continues\u003cbr\u003eThe Aftermath\u003cbr\u003eThe Origin of the Chemical Elements\u003cbr\u003eBrave New World\u003cbr\u003eAn Unknown Level in Carbon-12\u003cbr\u003eSteps to the Watershed\u003cbr\u003eThe Watershed\u003cbr\u003ePart Three: Home Is Where the Wind Blows: 1959 –A Vintage Year\u003cbr\u003eDroll Stories\u003cbr\u003eThe Montros of Scotland\u003cbr\u003eThe Institute of Astronomy, but Still in Slow Stages\u003cbr\u003eThe Thirty-ninth Step\u003cbr\u003eThe Bay of the Birds\u003cbr\u003eClimbing the Last Monro\u003cbr\u003eA Lucky Ending\u003cbr\u003eIndex\"A compelling, beautifully written, and rollicking good read it is… All working astronomers and others seeking rich and controversial insights should read this book.\" --Science \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Above all, a charming autobiography.\" --Sky \u0026amp; Telescope \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Every astronomer will want to read this work, and those who do will be well rewarded.\" --Nature \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hoyle blazes bright, as human being and scientist.\" --Publishers Weekly \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No one should go without this book who wants a whiff of the excitement that can come from telling friend from foe, doing science, struggling with great questions, seeing how the Universe works.\" --John Archibald Wheeler, Princeton","brand":"University Science Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233233547493,"sku":"NP9781938787799","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781938787799.jpg?v=1767729163","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/home-is-where-the-wind-blows-isbn-9781938787799","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}