![]() I speak four languages fluently but for a reason that defies me, English is my preferred language for prose. After my first son was born, I returned to my lifelong passion-writing, and for the first time, I thought about it as a job. But I secretly continued to write in the evenings and on weekends. I studied law in France and in the US and got a "proper" job. Growing up, "writer" seemed like a non-existent job description. I also published my first magazine, sold to family, friends and to a very exclusive group of international subscribers-three, to be precise. I began typing away, crafting stories in German and in Luxembourgish, my native language. You can find more of Deborah's books and drawings at or follow her on Twitter or Instagram I was 9 years old, my parents gave me a red typewriter for my birthday. ![]() Deborah has always loved photographing starry night skies, but by painting the stars through the discoveries of Edwin Hubble, the universe became much more vast than it was before for her too. ![]() Her most recent book "In A Jar" (Putnam, 2020) has received multiple starred review, is a #1 Indie Bestseller, and a Junior Library Guild Selection. She lives, draws and writes in Duluth, Minnesota, when she isn't in Vermont, where she is currently on the faculty at the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Her favorite mediums are ink (with brush and pen), pencil (HB), watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, charcoal and digital. “We do now know why we are born into the world,” he said, “but we can try to find out what sort of world it is.” About the Authorĭeborah is an artist and author. ![]() Hubble’s message to us is to find peace in the vastness of the mystery surrounding us, and to be curious. Using the insights of great mathematicians and endlessly observing the sky, he succeeded in confirming two things that altered human life forever: that there are more galaxies than our own, and that the universe is always expanding. This is the story of Edwin Hubble, a boy fascinated by the stars who surmounted many hurdles to follow his dreams of becoming an astronomer. But Voller’s book shows otherwise, as he examines Milt Humason’s essential contributions to our understanding of the expanding universe.A beautiful picture book about the astronomer Edwin Hubble that invites children to ponder How many stars are in the sky? How did the universe begin? Where diid it come from? “Edwin Hubble has often been considered as an island of sorts- a lone wolf of astronomy. This grand story is inextricably interwoven with that of Albert Einstein, Willem de Sitter, and other great physicists of the era, all of whom took part in the staggering quest to make sense of the Big Bang and what followed. It then shows how despite all this, the two opposites eventually came together in the pursuit of something far greater than themselves. The book therefore traces their lives from their childhoods into their burgeoning careers, revealing how a World War and their own personal differences stood in the way of initial cooperation. The evolution of this dynamic duo’s tenuous friendship and professional partnership is in many ways as intriguing as their groundbreaking work on the evolution of the universe. In this compelling book, science writer Ron Voller digs deep into how and why the two scientists continued to investigate their theory of universal expansion in the face of persistent doubt, contrary theories, and calamitous world events. The story of Hubble and Humason is one for the ages-and in particular, the Cosmic Age.
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