Realm of the Nebulae : Silliman Milestones in Science

Hubble, Edwin; Kirshner, Robert P. (FRW); Carroll, Sean M. (FRW)

ISBN 10: 0300187122 / ISBN 13: 9780300187120

Published by Yale University Press, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Realm of the Nebulae : Silliman Milestones in Science
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300187122
• ISBN 13: 9780300187120
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In less than a century, the accepted picture of the universe transformed from a stagnant place, composed entirely of our own Milky Way galaxy, to a realm inhabited by billions of individual galaxies, hurtling away from one another. We must thank, in pa

About the Author

Edwin Hubble spent most of his illustrious career at the Mount Wilson Observatory, in Pasadena, California. Robert P. Kirshner is Clowes Professor of Science at Harvard University. Sean M. Carroll is Senior Research Associate at the California Institute of Technology.