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    eighty-nine who wanted to be an astronomer. That young man’s name is Edwin Hubble. The great Edwin Powell Hubble was the son on an insurance executive. He was born in Missouri. At the age of nine his residence changed from Missouri to Chicago. Growing up he enjoyed basketball and boxing. Hubble was a young man with the admiration to succeed in his education. He graduated from high school in nineteen o six and continued on to college. Hubble receive an academic scholarship at the University of Chicago.

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    Edwin P. Hubble was a ground-breaking American astronomer who revolutionized our knowledge of the universe and established the foundations for all of modern cosmology. At the beginning of the 20th century, most astronomers thought that our Universe was confined to the Milky Way Galaxy alone. However, Edwin Hubble's inspiration and perseverance in astronomical research proved otherwise. He discovered the existence of other galaxies and created a systematical classification for all galaxies. Additionally

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    Edwin Powell Hubble: Great Astronomer of the 19th Century Twinkle, twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky (Gardner 98).      Stars are a marvelous wonder to many people, that is why some people spend most of their lives wondering what is “above the world so high” (Gardner 98). These people study and map the little twinkling stars in order to get a better meaning of them; they are astronomers. Great astronomers

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    Edwin Hubble Biography

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    Edwin Hubble is a well known person in the science world. He was born in 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri to John Powell and Virginia Lee (James) Hubble. Ever since they day he was born, he has always been a bright boy. He use to be a great athlete in school. A tall, powerful, buff young man loved a variety of sports such as boxing, and basketball. With a good balance of academic and athletic power, it earned him a scholarship to Oxford university. He made a promise to his dying father who never accepted

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    Edwin Hubble Discoveries

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    Edwin hubble invented the space telescope, he made some of the most important discoveries in modern astronomy. As an astronomer, Dr. Hubble was a late bloomer. Before discovering his passion for the stars, Dr. Hubble earned a law degree and served in World War I. 1373 Cincinnati, provisional designation 1935 QN, is an asteroid of the outer asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by the famous American astronomer Edwin Hubble at Mount Wilson Observatory on August

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    Accomplishments of Edwin hubble Have you ever wanted to study the stars and the universe? Well, Edwin Hubble did ,Edwin Hubble is a famous astronomer who played a crucial role in the field of extragalactic astronomy. He is known as the most Important observational Cosmologist the 20th century. He found out that the universe goes beyond the milky way and that the universe is expanding. This essay consists of the life, childhood, and accomplishments of Edwin Hubble (Wikipedia) Edwin Hubble’s childhood

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    Edwin Hubble Influence

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    official named Shen Kuo. He made the first reference to the magnetic compass and made a fairly good explanation of where fossils came from. He has many more things he has improved but has been overlooked by another scientist we all know by the name of Edwin Hubble. One other person that has been overlooked is someone named

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    Edwin Hubble Limitations

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    limitations to more than just our sense of importance, but to our ability to study it as well. First, it is important to distinguish that the size of the universe gives us a different view of our sky than what may actually be happening in it. In 1929, Edwin Hubble established a law that implies one of the more mind-bending, Star Wars worthy concepts of astronomical study: what we see is not only far, far away, but is also long ago (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Astro/hubble.html (Links to an

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    The Wonders of the Observable Universe Edwin Hubble once stated, “we do not know why we are born into this world, but we can try to find out what sort of a world it is.” If Edwin Hubble had never made his discovery, our perspective of the universe would be so much different. Born on November 20, 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri, Edwin Hubble was a very bright student. Later in his life, Hubble had observed the stars through multiple telescopes, and had come to the conclusion that there are many more

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    Edwin Hubble was born on November 20, 1889 to John and Virginia Lee Hubble in Marshfield, Missouri and he was the 3rd of 8 children in his family. On Hubble’s 8th birthday he was given his first telescope that his grandfather then set up at his house. Around 1901, Hubble and his family moves to Wheaton, Illinois where Hubble then wrote a letter to his grandfather discussing life on Mars. His very pleased grandfather then sent the letter to a newspaper in Springfield, Missouri. Hubble graduated at

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