Less Cozy Than We ThinkWell-known science historian, Marcia Bartusiak, has a wonderful and highly readable new book The Day We Found the Universe. Within the pages of Bartusiak's book, learn about an astounding number of astronomical discoveries and inventions from the past century.
Edwin Hubble receives major attention, given the credit he's received for changing the way scientists view the universe. Science luminaries who appear in this book also include Henrietta Leavitt, Vesto Slipher, Milton Humason, Harlow Shapeley, and Georges Lemaitre. Check out our science related collections for more information.
Readers may also remember or enjoy Bartusiak's edited work, Archives of the Universe: A Treasury of Astronomy’s Historic Works of Discovery, which is also available for checkout.
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