The Manga Guide to the Universe

142 Chapter 3 The Universe Was Born With a Big Bang

Hubble’s Great Discovery

Do you know

who Edwin

Hule is?

Yes!

He’s the American

astronomer that

NASA’s Hule Space

Telescope is named

after.

Edwin Hule

was born in the

United States in

1889 and had a

slightly unusual

history as a

student.

In his younger days,

he was an a-around

athlete who set

several records in

various sports. From

the time he entered

coege, he was very

active in basketba

and boxing.

He was a particularly gd

boxer and may even have

bn tempted to compete

for the world championship.

He’s like me!

Of course, he

also studied

hard!

He majored in

mathematics and

astronomy at the ...