Showing The Day We Found the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak

Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 2010-3-1 Pages: 337 Publisher:. Random House The riveting and mesmerizing story behind awatershed period in human history. the discovery of the startlingsize and true nature of our universe On New Years Day in 1925. a young Edwin Hubblereleased his finding that our Universe was far bigger. eventuallymeasured as a thousand trillion times larger than previouslybelieved. Hubble's proclamation sent shock waves through thescientific community. Six years later. in a series of meetings atMount Wilson Observatory. Hubble and others convinced AlbertEinstein that the Universe was not static but in fact expanding.Here Marcia Bartusiak reveals the key players. battles of will. clever insights. incredible technology. ground-breaking research. and wrong turns made by the early investigators of the heavens asthey raced to uncover what many consider one...