Name: Humanity's search for cosmic truth and poetic beauty
Uploaded: 2022-05-23T19:56:34Z
Duration: 7 min 18 s
Description: Linking together the histories of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Edwin Hubble and Tracy K. Smith, poet and thinker Maria Popova crafts an astonishing story of how humanity came to see the edge of the observable universe. (Followed by an animated excerpt of "My God, It's Full of Stars," by Tracy K. Smith)

Linking together the histories of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Edwin Hubble and Tracy K. Smith, poet and thinker Maria Popova crafts an astonishing story of how humanity came to see the edge of the observable universe. (Followed by an animated excerpt of "My God, It's Full of Stars," by Tracy K. Smith)

Maria Popova: Humanity's search for cosmic truth and poetic beauty

Humanity's search for cosmic truth and poetic beauty

Henrietta Leavitt's discovery of a method to measure star distances laid the groundwork for understanding the universe's vastness.

Edwin Hubble's revelation that the universe is expanding, with galaxies beyond the Milky Way, fundamentally changed our cosmic view.

Henrietta Leavitt's star brightness analysis revolutionized our universe's scale, leading to Hubble's galaxy discoveries.