Discovering the expanding universe
By: Harry Nussbaumer, Lydia Bieri.
Contributors: Bieri, Lydia, 1972-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780521514842
Subjects: Cosmology -- History; Expanding universe
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Cosmological concepts at the end of the Middle Ages; title: Nebulae as a new astronomical phenomenon; title: On the construction of the heavens; title: Island universes turn into astronomical facts: a universe of galaxies; title: The early cosmology of Einstein and de Sitter; title: The dynamical universe of Friedmann; title: Redshifts: how to reconcile Slipher and de Sitter?; title: Lemaitre discovers the expanding universe; title: Hubble's contribution of 1929; title: The breakthrough for the expanding universe; title: Hubble's anger about de Sitter; title: Robertson and Tolman join the game; title: The Einstein-de Sitter universe; title: Are the sun and earth older than the universe?; title: In search of alternative tracks; title: The seed for the Big Bang; title: Summary and postscript.