Table of Contents

1: Coming to light
2: Hut No. 2
3: Into the limelight
4: New world
5: Under fire
6: New genesis
7: The end of the endless cosmos
8: Fighting for space
9: Storm clouds
10: 'Dear Mr Hogg'
11: His institute
12: The end of the beginning
13: The Astronomer Hoyle
14: The beginning of the end
15: Freelance scientist
16: Apocalyptic visions
17: Anti-Darwin
18: A new cosmology

About the Author

Jane Gregory is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology Studies
at University College London.

Reviews

`Among all British scientists, Fred Hoyle must be one of the most promising subjects for a biography. This is [because of] the importance and originality of his research; the fact that his science covers themes that attract wide public interest; and his role as one of the outstanding publicists of science.'
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Professor Sir Martin Rees, FRS (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University)
`[Jane Gregory] has a rare ability to combine a high level of historical scholarship with some very interesting ideas on the public understanding of science, all expressed in a highly readable narrative.'
Dr Andrew Warwick (History of Science, Imperial College)
`highly accessible'
Sunday Times {Culture}
`very well written. I am embarrassed by not being able to choose between these two excellent books. Luckily, they are so reasonably priced that I can happily recommend that you get both of the. Read one now and save the other for later enjoyment.'
The Times Higher
`very well written'
Times Educational Supplement
`lucid and enjoyable'
Daily Telegraph