1889-1953

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1889-1953

Origins

our place in Hubble's universe
1998
Tells the story of how a sea of superhot gas, expanding out of the Big Bang and cooling as it did, gave rise to galaxies, stars, planets and people. Illustrated with photographs of deep space.

Edwin Hubble

discoverer of galaxies
2008
A biography of astronomer Edwin Hubble. Describes his education, his research, and his discoveries that the universe contains many galaxies and that it is expanding.

Edwin Hubble

2001
A biography of astronomer Edwin Hubble, who proved that the universe contains many separate galaxies.

Hubble and the Big Bang

2005
Examines the life and accomplishments of Edwin Hubble, the American astronomer responsible for discovering the size of the universe and that it is expanding, and includes a time line, and a selection of primary source transcriptions and images.

Edwin Hubble

discoverer of galaxies
1997
Examines the life and work of Edwin Hubble, an astronomer whose study of galaxies led to a new understanding of the universe.

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