The Red Limit
Author : Timothy Ferris
Publisher : Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
ISBN 10 : 9780061856549
Pages : 368 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (61 users)
Download The Red Limit PDF Full or another Format written by Timothy Ferris and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 368 pages. 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.