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Hubble went on to trump even that achievement by showing that this galaxy-studded cosmos is expanding--inflating majestically like an unimaginably gigantic balloon--a finding that prompted Albert Einstein to acknowledge and retract what he called "the greatest blunder of my life." Hubble did nothing less, in short, than invent the idea of the universe and then provide the first evidence for the Big Bang theory, which describes the birth and evolution of the universe. He discovered the cosmos, and in doing so founded the science of cosmology...
...suddenly, the cosmological term was unnecessary. Einstein's instincts had been right, after all. His great blunder had been to doubt himself, and in 1931, during a visit to Caltech, the great and grateful physicist traveled to the top of Mount Wilson to see the telescope and thank Hubble personally for delivering him from folly...
...Dean Harry Lewis addressed parents on the issue of choosing a concentration. Lewis's piece, "A Message from the Dean: On Concentrations," appears on the front cover of the newsletter with an inset photograph of the dean. Lewis, apparently with a concentration problem of his own, submitted the academic blunder which read as follows...
...Dean Harry Lewis addressed parents on the issue of choosing a concentration. Lewis's piece, "A Message from the Dean: On Concentrations," appears on the front cover of the newsletter with an inset photograph of the dean. Lewis, apparently with a concentration problem of his own, submitted the academic blunder which read as follows...
...probably know, Greaseman, a Washington-based talk-show host, recently made a real strategic blunder. On his national radio show two weeks ago, which is pretty distasteful ("greasy") to begin with, he said this of black people after playing a clip from Lauryn Hill's 5-grammy winning album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill: "No wonder people drag them behind trucks...