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Prior to Hubble, the universe was known to consist solely of the stars in the Milky Way and believed to be relatively stable in size. But because of Hubble's discoveries, we now know that the universe consists of an unimaginably large number of galaxies (containing Carl Sagan's beloved "billions and billions . . ." of stars) and that this unimaginably large universe is continually expanding. In this first serious biography of Hubble, Christianson deals both with the enormous importance of these discoveries and, paradoxically, the apparent unimaginably small-spirited and petty nature of the man himself. Highly Recommended.
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Hubble, the first astronomer to offer observational evidence supporting the theory of an expanding universe, was lionized by the public in his lifetime (1889^-1953) but considered an irksome personality by his colleagues. Christianson, the author of a well-regarded biography of Newton, fully explores the traits that provoked such diverse reactions in this wonderfully perceptive narrative. He begins with a colorful, empathetic portrait of Hubble's origins in Missouri, his adolescence under a stern, abstemious father, and schooling in England. There, he affected the anglicisms in speech and dress that bemused many who later worked with him, but his excellence as an observational astronomer they could not deny. Scanning the skies with the Mt. Wilson telescope, the world's largest in the 1920s, Hubble vied with others to solve the mystery of the fuzzy nebulae: were they inside or outside the Milky Way? Hubble's resounding answer--that they were galaxies of stars billions of light-years distant--consigned his rivals to historical oblivion; but Christianson's account ably revives the feeling and stakes of that professional contest for glory and renown. After such a coup, the winning astronomer's succeeding years seem inevitably anticlimactic, but Christianson chronicles Hubble's schmoozing with celebrities, war work, and administrative jockeying with the thoroughness that marks the entire work. The first cradle-to-grave biography of Hubble, Christianson's story should endure. Gilbert Taylor
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- PublisherInstitute of Physics Publishing
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0750304235
- ISBN 13 9780750304238
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