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Hubble, Humason and the big bang : the race to uncover the expanding universe / Ron Voller ; foreword by John S. Mulchaey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Voller, Ronald L., author.
- Series:
- Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hubble, Edwin, 1889-1953.
- Hubble, Edwin.
- Humason, Milton L. (Milton La Salle), 1891-1972.
- Humason, Milton L.
- Astronomers--United States--Biography.
- Astronomers.
- United States.
- Expanding universe.
- Big bang theory.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer ; Chichester, UK : Praxis Publishing, [2021]
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Preface
- Foreword
- A Timely Tribute
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- 1: Two Centuries Of Astronomical Discovery
- A Biographical Timeline
- 250 Years of Development in Physics and Astronomy
- Christiaan Huygens And Isaac Newton: The First Unification Of Physics
- Revolutionaries: Lavoisier, Messier And The Herschels
- The Dawn Of Astrophysics: Fraunhofer And His Curious Lines
- The Dawn Of Spectroscopy: From Bunsen To Balmer
- Doppler: Pairing The Perception Of Light And Sound
- William Huggins: The Father Of Modern Spectroscopy
- Parallax: Measuring The Distance To The Stars
- The Ole Rømer Empire: Measuring The Cosmic Speed Limit
- Electromagnetism: Faraday, Maxwell And The Second Unification Of Physics
- Planck And Einstein: The Dawn Of Modern Physics
- George Hale And The Modern Astronomical Observatory
- References
- 2: A Portrait (1928)
- 3: Childhood and Other Mysteries (1889-1909)
- 4: Per Aspera Ad Astra (1910-1917)
- 5: Merging Orbits (1918-1922)
- 6: Rising Stars (1923-1927)
- 7: Eclipsing Binaries (1928-1929)
- References
- 8: Bang! Goes The Universe (1929-1931)
- 9: Grading Reality On A Curve (1932-1934)
- 10: Cosmology And The Human Condition (1935-1936)
- 11: War: Ultimate Disruptor (1937-1945)
- 12: Aging Companion Stars (1946-1953)
- 13: Shockwave: The Death Of A Star (1954-1961)
- 14: The Last Horizon (1961-1991)
- Epilogue
- Appendixies
- Appendix 1: Additional Reading
- Appendix 2: Hubble And Humason Selected Bibliography (Chronological)
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 9, 2021).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783030821814
- 3030821811
- Publisher Number:
- 99989022364
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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