Part one of term paper
Great Astronomer of the 19th Century How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky (Gardner 98). Stars are a marvelous wonder to many people, that is why some people spend most of their lives wondering what is “above the world so high” (Gardner 98). These people study and map the little twinkling stars ...

Part two of term paper
... led to the construction of the 200-in reflector telescope, the most high-powered of its day. Using this high-powered telescope he went on to prove that there were other galaxies beside the Milky Way and was able to formulate Hubble’s law, which linked the distance of galaxies to their speed. Through his work, impacted the scientific world in the twentieth century because of devotion to research, curiosity about the universe, and expertise at mapping galaxies. Devotion is one characterist ...