The Realm of the Nebulae

Hubble, Edwin Powell

ISBN 10: 0300024991 / ISBN 13: 9780300024999

Published by Dover, USA, 1957

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Hubble's important text. Silliman Series. A nice Dover ed. pp.xiv,207.ads[15]. Frontis. Figs. Illus.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Realm of the Nebulae
• Publisher: Dover, USA
• Publication Date: 1957
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300024991
• ISBN 13: 9780300024999
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • 455 Green HPS

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Synopsis

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.