The Amazing Unity of the Universe And Its Origin in the Big Bang /
In the first chapters the author describes how our knowledge of the position of Earth in space and time has developed, thanks to the work of many generations of astronomers and physicists. He discusses how our position in the Galaxy was discovered, and how in 1929, Hubble uncovered the fact that the...
Main Author: | van den Heuvel, Edward (Author) |
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Corporate Author: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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Edition: | 2nd ed. 2016. |
Series: | Astronomers' Universe,
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Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
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