Edwin Hubble
Subtitle: genius discoverer of galaxies
By: Edwin Hubble
Series: Genius scientists and their genius ideas
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780766065550
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Astronomers; Biography; Astronomy; History
Description: "A biography of twentieth-century American astronomer Edwin Hubble who is renowned for determining that there are other galaxies in the Universe beyond the Milky Way, and for observing that the universe is expanding at a constant rate. Includes related activities for readers"--
Notes: "Originally published as Edwin Hubble : discoverer of galaxies, revised edition, in 2008."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Grades 4-6.
Table of contents: title: Hubble's quest; title: School days; title: College years; title: Queen's college, oxford; title: The Yerkes observatory; title: Off to war!; title: Mount Wilson; title: The great debate; title: In the depths of space; title: Classification of galaxies; title: The big bang; title: Fame and fortune; title: The realm of the nebulae; title: On Mount Palomar; title: The quest continues.