TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nussbaumer,Harry
AU  - Bieri,Lydia
TI  - Discovering the expanding universe
SN  - 9780521514842 (hbk.)
AV  - QB981 .N865 2009
U1  - 523.109 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Cosmology
KW  - History
KW  - Expanding universe
N1  - 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
ER  -