2013/01/30 by Way, Michael J.
#Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1301.7294
Edwin Hubble is famous for a number of discoveries that are well known to amateur and professional astronomers, students and the general public. The origins of these discoveries are examined and it is demonstrated that, in each case, a great deal of supporting evidence was already in place. In some cases the discoveries had either already been made, or competing versions were not adopted for complex scientific and sociological reasons.