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Discovering the expanding universe

by Harry Nussbaumer, Lydia Bieri

This volume traces the history of modern cosmology and the discovery of the expanding universe, from late medieval concepts to 1931. Written in non-technical language, it explores the contributions of Einstein, Lemaître and Hubble, and includes a mathematical appendix.

Accession 5235 ISBN 9780521514842 Publisher Cambridge University Press
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