More from the picture books are underrated category
We do not know why we are born into the world, but we can try to find out what sort of world it is
Edwin Hubble*
Edwin’s spark toward astronomy started with his Grandfather, who bought him a telescope for his eighth birthday.
Edwin Hubble’s astronomy studies didn’t begin right away. He started at the University of Chicago. Then studied law at Oxford in England. Later he returned to the University of Chicago to finally begin his Astronomy studies.
Edwin Hubble coached high school basketball?!
Two of Edwin Hubble’s most important discoveries:
- Galaxies move away from each other.
- The farther away a galaxy is from Earth, the faster it moves away from it.
All this from the wonderful picture book: The Boy Whose Head was Filled With Stars: A Life of Edwin Hubble.
*Marinov, Isabelle. The Boy Whose Head Was Filled With Stars: A Life of Edwin Hubble. Brooklyn: Enchanted Lion Books, 2021.
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