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Edwin Powell Hubble

Born

in Marshfield, The United States

November 20, 1889

Died

September 28, 1953

Genre

Science, Astronomy

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Edwin Hubble (1889–1953), American astronomer, who made important contributions to the study of galaxies, the expansion of the universe, and the size of the universe. Hubble was the first to discover that fuzzy patches of light in the sky called spiral nebula were actually galaxies like Earth’s galaxy, the Milky Way. Hubble also found the first evidence for the expansion of the universe, and his work led to a much better understanding of the universe’s size.

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	The Realm of the Nebulae (The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series) by Edwin Powell Hubble, James E. Gunn (Introduction) 4.29 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1938 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Observational Approach to Cosmology it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Photographic investigations of faint nebulae it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nature of Science & Other Lectures really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1954 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Photographic Investigations of Faint Nebulae really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edwin Hubble Papers: Previously Unpublished Manuscripts on the Extragalactic Nature of Spiral Nebulae (History of Astronomy Series) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hubble's Cosmology: A Guided Study of Selected Texts (History of Astronomy Series) by Edwin Powell Hubble, Norriss S. Hetherington (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	PHOTOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATIONS OF FAINT NEBULAE 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The velocity-distance relation among extra-galactic nebulae, 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The nebulous envelope around Nova Aquilae no. 3, 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.”
― Edwin Hubble

tags: exploration, inquiry, science

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“With increasing distance, our knowledge fades, and fades rapidly. Eventually, we reach the dim boundary—the utmost limits of our telescopes. There, we measure shadows, and we search among ghostly errors of measurement for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial. The search will continue. Not until the empirical resources are exhausted, need we pass on to the dreamy realms of speculation.”
― Edwin Powell Hubble, The Realm of the Nebulae

tags: astronomy, boundary, distance, empirical, errors, knowledge, landmarks, limits, measure, resources, science, scientific-method, search, shadows, space, speculation, substantial, telescopes, universe

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“The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.”
― Edwin Powell Hubble, The Realm of the Nebulae

tags: astronomy, history, horizon, receding-horizon, science, space, stars, telescope, universe

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