Gerald James Whitrow Quote

Whether the stars were all at the same distance, or whether they were scattered throughout infinite space, or whether they formed a finite system of vast but limited depth, were questions that could not be answered until towards the end of the eighteenth century. Until then, stellar astronomy was a field left to the unaided imagination.


The Structure of the Universe: An Introduction to Cosmology (1949)


Whether the stars were all at the same distance, or whether they were scattered throughout infinite space, or whether they formed a finite system of...

Whether the stars were all at the same distance, or whether they were scattered throughout infinite space, or whether they formed a finite system of...

Whether the stars were all at the same distance, or whether they were scattered throughout infinite space, or whether they formed a finite system of...

Whether the stars were all at the same distance, or whether they were scattered throughout infinite space, or whether they formed a finite system of...