Shapley, Curtis and the ‘island universes’ controversy
Logan Chipkin looks at what lessons we can learn from the 1920 “Great Debate” about the scale of the universe
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Logan Chipkin looks at what lessons we can learn from the 1920 “Great Debate” about the scale of the universe
Read article: Shapley, Curtis and the ‘island universes’ controversy
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