Author : Timothy Ferris
Release : 2009-10-13
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 541/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Red Limit by : Timothy Ferris
Download or read book The Red Limit written by Timothy Ferris. This book was released on 2009-10-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.