Things I learnt writing my thesis’ Introduction (Part 2): The Hubble Hustle

(Read part 1 here) The first half of the 20th century brought about an unprecedented revolution in astronomy. In a matter of mere decades, the accepted model of the Universe evolved from a static one, mostly limited by our galaxy, to an ever-expanding one where our galaxy is but one among myriads, like a drop

Things I learnt writing my thesis’ Introduction (Part 1): Einstein’s not so big blunder

As I briefly mentioned in a previous post, the bulk of my Ph.D. thesis consists of a conglomeration of three fairly disconnected publications. In order to lend some semblance of coherence to the thesis as a whole, I had no choice but to write a fairly general Introduction section starting with a quick historical overview