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The Red Limit by Timothy Ferris
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The Red Limit

The Search for the Edge of the Universe

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Narrator Timothy Ferris

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Length 5 hours 36 minutes
Language English
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Summary

For centuries, it was assumed that our universe was static. Then, in the late 1920s, astronomers made a startling new discovery—from Earth, the light of distant galaxies appeared to be red. This meant those galaxies were receding from us, and a revolutionary realization was born: the universe is expanding. In The Red Limit, Timothy Ferris recounts the fascinating tale of this discovery, its far-reaching ramifications, and the passionately competitive astronomers who charted the past, present, and future of the cosmos.

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