Discovering the expanding universe - Nussbaumer, Harry; Bieri, Lydia, 1972- (Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009)
Introduction -- Cosmological concepts at the end of the Middle Ages -- Nebulae as a new astronomical phenomenon -- On the construction of the heavens -- Island universes turn into astronomical facts: a universe of galaxies -- The early cosmology of Einstein and de Sitter -- The dynamical universe of Friedmann -- Redshifts: how to reconcile Slipher and de Sitter? -- Lemaitre discovers the expanding universe -- Hubble's contribution of 1929 -- The breakthrough for the expanding universe -- Hubble's anger about de Sitter -- Robertson and Tolman join the game -- The Einstein-de Sitter universe -- Are the sun and earth older than the universe? -- In search of alternative tracks -- The seed for the Big Bang -- Summary and postscript.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-219) and index.
Keywords: Cosmology -- History; Expanding universe