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Housing the G.I.s
After World War II ended, U-M was flooded with new students. Housing them all took creativity, construction and a revamped bomber plant.
The expanding universe
Video: physicist Tim McKay tells the mind - boggling story of how we know the universe is expanding.
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Talking about science
The expanding universe
January 15, 2010
- Transcript (.txt)
Michael Bass - 1964
This is a very nice description. However, the spectra shown to discuss the red shift where blue is next to red and green, yellow and orange are on the other side of blue are incorrect. The color sequence should be blue, green, yellow, orange and then red.
Mike Bass
Professor Emeritus
CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics
University of Central Florida
Joanne Beckman - 1975
Very clear and helpful description.I would love to have as equally clear a description of what time actually means in the universe, and how you know the speed of light stays constant (or does it?)while it is traveling?