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This book tells the story of how, over the past century, dedicated�observers and�pioneering scientists achieved our current understanding of the universe. It�was in antiquity that humankind first attempted to explain the universe�often with the help of myths and legends. This book, however, focuses on�the time when cosmology finally became�a true science. As the reader will learn, this was a slow process,�extending over a large part of the 20th century and involving many�astronomers,�cosmologists and theoretical physicists. The book explains how empirical�astronomical�data (e.g., Leavitt, Slipher and Hubble) were reconciled with Einstein’s�general relativity; a challenge which finally led Friedmann, De Sitter and�Lema�tre, and eventually Einstein himself, to a consistent understanding�of the observational results.� The reader will realize the extraordinary implications of these achievements�and howdeeply they changed our vision of the cosmos: From being small,�static, immutable�and eternal, it became vast and dynamical – originating from (almost)�nothing, and yet�now, nearly 14 billion years later, undergoing accelerated expansion. But,�as always happens, as well as precious knowledge, new mysteries have also�been created where previously absolute certainty had reigned.Typham this is the title: The True Story of Modern Cosmology Origins, Main Actors and Breakthroughs