Edwin Hubble, Big Bang Universe - Softcover

Sharov, Alexander S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521017610 ISBN 13: 9780521017619

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

This book is the first complete account of the scientific life and work of the great American astronomer Edwin Hubble, who discovered the expansion of the Universe and originated the idea of the Big Bang. It is a classic of science, setting out the thrilling story of the exploding Universe.

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'Sharov and Novikov have produced an admirable and essential narration of Hubble's great exploration ... we have here an excellent descriptive sweep of the main objects of Hubble's achievement brought between two (stiff) covers.' Webb Society Quarterly Journal

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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, and participating in a general expansion of the cosmos. The exploding Universe of Hubble, now termed the Big Bang, determined the origin of the elements, of galaxies and of the stars. The second part of the book describes the fundamental discoveries on the nature of the Universe made subsequently, and thus sets his achievements in context. Written by two prominent astronomers who have built on Hubble's work, this book is a classic of science, setting out the thrilling story of the exploding Universe.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521017610
• ISBN 13: 9780521017619
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 220