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The Scientific Odyssey

Episode 3.43: An Expanding Universe

Sep 10, 2017
54:58

In 1927 Fr. Georges Lemaitre published a paper in a little known Belgian scientific journal that described an expanding universe.  Two years later, Milton Humason and Edwin Hubble presented evidence to support support this model.  In this episode, we look at the development of the idea of a universe that was not static or steady.

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