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Nussbaumer, Harry.

Discovering the expanding universe / Harry Nussbaumer, Lydia Bieri. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xvii, 226 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-219) and index.

Introduction -- Cosmological concepts at the end of the Middle Ages -- Nebulae as a new astronomical phenomenon -- On the construction of the heavens -- Island universes turn into astronomical facts: a universe of galaxies -- The early cosmology of Einstein and de Sitter -- The dynamical universe of Friedmann -- Redshifts: how to reconcile Slipher and de Sitter? -- Lemaitre discovers the expanding universe -- Hubble's contribution of 1929 -- The breakthrough for the expanding universe -- Hubble's anger about de Sitter -- Robertson and Tolman join the game -- The Einstein-de Sitter universe -- Are the sun and earth older than the universe? -- In search of alternative tracks -- The seed for the Big Bang -- Summary and postscript.

ISBN: 9780521514842 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2009280739

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA915094 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014903684 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cosmology--History.
Expanding universe.

LC Class. No.: QB981 / .N865 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 523.109