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Originally Posted by madbadgalaxyman
Here is a historical article by Sidney van den Bergh, showing that others before Edwin Hubble were aware of the distance-velocity relation for galaxies :
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Incidentally, Dr van den Bergh, now in his mid-80s, is old enough to have personally known some of the great astronomers of the early-to-mid 20th Century.
Note that Wikipedia states that he is 'retired'. While this is strictly true in terms of the fact that he is an emeritus, I know that he was still writing papers at least until last year. A lot of people who write wikipedia entries do not understand basic concepts such as the fact that an officially retired astronomer can still be extremely scientifically active and useful.
While the wiki is slavishly copied from other sources, it in no way summarizes his gigantic contributions to extragalactic astronomy, some of which he contributed in old age; I do not intend to correct the wiki because I feel that knowledge without attribution is entirely valueless. |
Interesting reading Robert.
Thanks for your research
Cheers
