Edwin Hubble, The Discoverer of the Big Bang Universe by Alexander S Sharov

Edwin Hubble, The Discoverer of the Big Bang Universe by Alexander S Sharov

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.

'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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ISBN 13	9780521416177
ISBN 10	0521416175
Title	Edwin Hubble, The Discoverer of the Big Bang Universe
Author	Alexander S Sharov
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1993-10-14
Number of pages	220
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