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The Source Book's 69 contributions represent all fields of astronomy: equivalence of mass and energy (E = mc) of the special theory of relativity; building the 200-inch Palomar telescope; the scattering of galaxies suggesting a rapidly expanding universe; stellar evolution; and the Big Bang and Steady State theories of the universe's origin.

Source Book in Astronomy 19001950

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      Publisher Harvard University Press
      Published 1 January 1960
      ISBN-13 9780674821859
      978-0674821859
      ISBN-10 0674821858

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      Book Synopsis
      The Source Book's 69 contributions represent all fields of astronomy: equivalence of mass and energy (E = mc) of the special theory of relativity; building the 200-inch Palomar telescope; the scattering of galaxies suggesting a rapidly expanding universe; stellar evolution; and the Big Bang and Steady State theories of the universe's origin.

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