Edwin Hubble: Discoverer of Galaxies

Great Minds of Science

by Claire L. Datnow

It was not always known that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the universe. Edwin Hubble is the man who discovered this startling idea and that the universe was expanding. As a result of these discoveries, Hubble became an international celebrity, and is remembered today as a genius of science.

This series chronicles the lives and important contributions of great scientists from around the world. Excellent for book reports, these books include several hands-on activities that give young people a deeper understanding of the scientist's work. Books include chapter notes, a glossary, a further reading list, Internet addresses, a chronology, color photographs and illustrations, maps, and an index.
- Chronicles the lives and important contributions of great scientists
- Hands-on activities provide a deeper understanding of the scientist's work
- Over-100 page biographies are excellent for book reports
- Now in full color including graphics, photos, and illustrations
- Provides interesting presentation and information
- Supports the History/Social Studies and English/Language Arts curricula

128 pages, Library Binding

First published August 1, 1997

Reviews

[Sophie Scott · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hubble was the captain of every sports team, worked with and was offered jobs by nobel prize winners and the best astronomers in the world, could sing, was captain in the army, got every scholarship, went to college two years early.
Yet he didn’t give a single cent to his poor, struggling family? He neglected them and didn’t care when his mother died. So I don’t really like this guy, although he made groundbreaking scientific findings.

[Driss Sekkat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Edwin Hubble was born in 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri on November 20 to John Powell Hubble and Virginia Lee James. In 1910, he graduated from the University. After that in 1914, he graduated from the University of Chicago and assistant at Yerkes Observatory. In 1917-1919 he was in the force in world war 1.In christmas Eve 1919, the young astronomer Edwin Hubble got to work on the long night the Mount Wilson Observatory. He met Albert Einstein at the biggest Telescope ever. In 1935, he got the Honory degree of doctor of science of oxford. Before the end of Edwin Hubbell's life , he started fishing at Rio Blanko, Colorado. Finally, the experimented person died in September 28, 1953.

This book is like the career in science because there was astronomy and a very popular scientists. The piece that I could take from this fantastic book is about the galaxies and this fantastic astronomer. It could help us change about science because we could learn about the beautiful universe. The content in this book is related to what we previously have learned in science because we have learned the solar system and the astronomy in Trimester 1. Any questions could help me for the science fair question but, it could give me a lot of facts very helpful and it gives me a lot of great ideas for the questions.

I recommend this book to the people that love astronomy because it has a lot of people popular and intelligent, certainly Albert Einstein. The people that should read the book, need to love science. If someone reeds this book they should reed the vocab and everything will be fine. This fantastic Edwin Hubble scientist story loved the astronomy and in his heart, there will always be a part of Solar system, galaxies and astronomy. I hope you are excited to read this excellent book.