Edwin Hubble, the Discoverer of the Big Bang Universe

by Igor D. Novikov, Alexandr S. Shaeov, Alexander S. Sharov

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This book is the first complete account of the scientific life and work of Edwin Hubble, whose discoveries firmly established the United States as the leading nation in observational astronomy. One of the outstanding astronomers of the twentieth century, Hubble discovered the expansion of the Universe. He opened the world of galaxies for science when he showed that spiral nebulae beyond the Milky Way are galaxies extending to the limits of the Universe,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521017610

ISBN13:9780521017619

Release Date:July 2005

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:220 Pages

Weight:0.69 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Astronomy Astronomy & Astrophysics Astronomy & Space Science Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Cosmology Historical History & Philosophy

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