A brief history of our view of the universe

Authors
Gingerich, O
Citation
O. Gingerich, A brief history of our view of the universe, PUB AST S P, 111(757), 1999, pp. 254-257
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
ISSN journal
00046280 → ACNP
Volume
111
Issue
757
Year of publication
1999
Pages
254 - 257
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6280(199903)111:757<254:ABHOOV>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Today's cosmological edifice is essentially the product of the 20th century . This account, presented in the Baird Auditorium of the National Museum of Natural History, begins with the Shapley-Curtis debate of 1920, then descr ibes some of its historical background (including why cosmology was almost stillborn with the work of Newton), and finally examines why in 1937 Hubble erred by an order of magnitude in establishing the Hubble constant.