The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology

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Helge Kragh gained doctoral degrees in physics (1981) and in philosophy (2007). He was a high school teacher in physics and chemistry (1970- 87) and then later a professor of history of science at Cornell University USA; University of Oslo Norway; and University of Aarhus Denmark (1987-2015). After retiring he is now emeritus professor at the Niels Bohr Institute University of Copenhagen Denmark. Malcolm Longair is Director of Development and Outreach Jacksonian Professor Emeritus of Natural Philosophy at the Cavendish Laboratory University of Cambridge UK. He also holds the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society (2016-2020). Longair has previously held positions as a university lecturer in the Department of Physics University of Cambridge (197080); Astronomer Royal for Scotland Regius Professor of Astronomy University of Edinburgh Director of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh (198090); Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy University of Cambridge (19912008); and Head of Cavendish Laboratory (19972005).