The Realm of the Nebulae (The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series)

Hubble, Edwin

ISBN 10: 0300025009 / ISBN 13: 9780300025002

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Realm of the Nebulae (The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series)
• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300025009
• ISBN 13: 9780300025002
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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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.