1: Beginnings of Modern Science
2: A Victorian Theory of Everything
3: Electrodynamics as a World View
4: Rationalist Cosmologies
5: Cosmology and Controversy
6: The Rise and Fall of the Bootstrap Programme
7: Varying Constants of Nature
8: New Cyclic Models of The Universe
9: The Anthropic Principle
10: Multiverse Scenarios
11: String Theory and Other Models of Quantum Gravity
12: Astrobiology and Physical Eschatology
13: Summary: Final Theories and Epistemic Shifts
After graduation from the University of Copenhagen in Physics and
Chemistry, and a period as teacher in gymnasium schools, Helge
Kragh became Associate Professor at Cornell University, Departments
of History and Physics. Later, he took positions as Curator at the
Steno Museum for Science and Medicine and Professor of the History
of Science at the University of Oslo, Norway. Since 1997, he has
been Professor of the History of Science and Technology, University
of
Aarhus, Denmark. He is a Member of the Royal Danish Academy of
Science, the International Academy for the History of Science, and
of the European Academy of Science. He was President of the
European
Society for the History of Science (2008-2010).
`Helge Kragh is one of our best historians of physics, and the
author of several outstanding books. The idea of a history of
highly speculative theories in physics is excellent. Although there
are popular accounts of recent cosmological and grand-unifying
theories, no historian has so far attempted to bring together old
and new cases of such theories. The result makes fascinating
reading and induces thought-provoking comparisons.'
Olivier Darrigol, CNRS: Sphere/Rehseis
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