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The Realm of the Nebulae

Name: The Realm of the Nebulae
Brand: Yale University Press
SKU: 9780300025002
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Contributors:

Edwin Hubble, James Gunn (Foreword by)

Publisher:

Yale University Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Science

Book Subcategory:

Space Science

Book Topic:

Astronomy

Edition Description:

Revised Edition

Series:

Silliman Memorial Lectures

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Release Date:

1936-01-01

ISBN 13:

9780300025002

Weight:

0.76 lbs

Size:

8.80 x 5.50 x 0.64 inches

Pages:

226

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No modern astronomer made a more profound contribution to our understanding of the cosmos than did Edwin Hubble, who first conclusively demonstrated that the universe is expanding. Basing his theory on the observation of the change in distanct galaxies, called red shift, Hubble showed that this is a Doppler effect, or alteration in the wavelength of light, resulting from the rapid motion of celestial objects away from Earth. In 1935, Hubble described his principal observations and conclusions in the Silliman lectures at Yale University. These lectures were published the following year as "The Realm of the Nebulae," which quickly became a classic work.