The Red Limit: The Search for the Edge of the Universe
by Ferris, Timothy
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0688031765
- ISBN 13
- 9780688031763
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Synopsis
For centuries, it was assumed that our universe was static. In the late 1920s, astronomers defeated this assumption with a startling new discovery. From Earth, the light of distant galaxies appeared to be red, meaning that those galaxies were receding from us. This led to the revolutionary realization that the universe is expanding. The Red Limit is the tale of this discovery, its ramifications, and the passionately competitive astronomers who charted the past, present, and future of the cosmos.
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- Bookseller
- Mainly Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049117
- Title
- The Red Limit: The Search for the Edge of the Universe
- Author
- Ferris, Timothy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition; 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0688031765
- ISBN 13
- 9780688031763
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- 0688031765, PHYSICS, Cosmology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
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