Nussbaumer, Harry. <br/><br/>
Discovering the expanding universe / 
Harry Nussbaumer, Lydia Bieri. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2009. 
 - xvii, 226 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-219) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521514842 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009280739 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA915094  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014903684  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cosmology--History.<br/>Expanding universe.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QB981  / .N865 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>523.109