Book ID: CBB000952835

The Day We Found the Universe (2009)

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Bartusiak, Marcia (Author)


Pantheon Books


Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: xviii + 337 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the discoveries in the early 20th century that reshaped our understanding of the size and nature of the cosmos.


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Review Becker, Barbara (2010) Review of "The Day We Found the Universe". Journal for the History of Astronomy (p. 133). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Nussbaumer, Harry
De Piccoli, Lorenzo
Crandall, Heather Stephanie
Johnson, John, Jr
Mainz, Vera V.
Weintraub, David A.
Concepts
Cosmology
Universe
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Milky Way Galaxy
Galaxies; nebulae
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
Renaissance
20th century, late
17th century
Places
United States
Institutions
Mount Wilson Observatory
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