Alexander A Friedmann The Man who Made the Universe Expand [Paperback]

A vivid 1993 account of the life and work of the Russian physicist responsible for the expanding universe theory.Our universe can be described mathematically by a simple model developed in 1922 at Petrograd (St Petersburg) by Alexander Friedmann (1888-1925). This biography of an outstanding Soviet physicist is valuable for the picture it provides of the organisation of Russian science from about 1908-1924. The work in theoretical cosmology is fully explained and its significance assessed. Archival and contemporary records enrich this vivid personal story of a great scientist who worked in the early Soviet period. 1. The Friedmanns and the Vojaceks; 2. In the Second St Petersburg Gymnasium; 3. University years, 1906- 1914; 4. In search of a way; 5. War-time years; 6. Moscow - Perm - Petrograd; 7. Theoretical department of the main Geophysical Observatory; 8. Space and time; 9. Geometry and dynamics of the universe; 10. Petrograd, 1920-1924; 11. Last year; 12. Friedmann's world; Main dates in the life and work of A. A. Friedmann; Literature; Index.Our universe can be described mathematically by a simple model developed in 1922 at Petrograd (St Petersburg) by Alexander Friedmann (1888-1925). This biography of an outstanding Soviet physicist is valuable for the picture it provides of the organisation of Russian science from about 1908-1924. The work in theoretical cosmology is fully explained and its significance assessed. Archival and contemporary records enrich this vivid personal story of a great scientist who worked in the early Soviet period. 1. The Friedmanns and the Vojaceks; 2. In the Second St Petersburg Gymnasium; 3. University years, 1906- 1914; 4. In search of a way; 5. War-time years; 6. Moscow - Perm - Petrograd; 7. Theoretical department of the main Geophysical Observatory; 8. Space and time; 9. Geometry and dynamics of the universe; 10. Petrograd, 1920-1924; 11. Last year; 12. Friedmann's world; Main dates in the life and work of Alós