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William Duncan MacMillan
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William Duncan MacMillan was an American mathematician and astronomer on the faculty of the University of Chicago. He published research on the applications of classical mechanics to astronomy, and is
W. D. MacMillan, University of Chicago, 1920s
W. D. MacMillan, University of Chicago, 1920s
Edwin Hubble
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Edwin Powell Hubble was an American astronomer. He played a crucial role in establishing the fields of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology. Hubble proved that many objects previously t
William Duncan MacMillan
…stars might recreate matter in its travels through space. MacMillan's work on cosmology lost influence in the 1930s after Hubble's law became accepted. Edwin Hubble's 1929 publication, and earlier work by Georges Lemaître, reported on observations of entire galaxies far from the earth and its galaxy. The further…
Studio portrait photograph of Edwin Powell Hubble
Studio portrait photograph of Edwin Powell Hubble
Hubble (middle row, second from right) with other members of the University of Chicago track team, 1909
Hubble (middle row, second from right) with other members of the University of Chicago track team, 1909
Hubble's American Expeditionary Forces identity card, 1918
Hubble's American Expeditionary Forces identity card, 1918
The 100-inch (2.5 m) Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory that Hubble used to measure galaxy distances and a value for the rate of expansion o
The 100-inch (2.5 m) Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory that Hubble used to measure galaxy distances and a value for the rate of expansion of the universe.