140 Chapter 3 The Universe Was Born With a Big Bang
What Is the Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos?
The philosopher Kant and many others reasoned that there must be a hierarchical, large-
scale structure in the universe, just like the hierarchical group structures in the world we
live in—that is, just as houses make up neighborhoods, neighborhoods make up cities, many
cities make up states, and states make up a country, so too must the heavenly bodies be
grouped into patterns. However, this really became clear when the existence of galaxies out-
side of our own galaxy was verified. Later observations and research also made it apparent
that ma ...
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