Edwin Powell Hubble1939
The Franklin Institute awards Edwin Hubble the 1939 Franklin Medal in Physics for his extensive studies of nebulae beyond the Milky Way and the resulting enlargement of the known scale of the universe.
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The Franklin Institute awards Edwin Hubble the 1939 Franklin Medal in Physics for his extensive studies of nebulae beyond the Milky Way and the resulting enlargement of the known scale of the universe.
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