Editing Edwin Hubble (section)

===Campaign to obtain a Nobel Prize===
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During Hubble's life the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] did not cover astronomy. Hubble spent much of the later part of his career attempting to have astronomy considered part of physics, instead of being a separate science. He did this largely so that astronomers—including himself—could be recognized by the [[Nobel Committee]] for their contributions to [[astrophysics]]. This campaign was unsuccessful in Hubble's lifetime, but shortly after his death, the Nobel Prize Committee decided that astronomical work would be eligible for the physics prize.<ref name="Gale E. Christianson 1996">{{cite book |author=Christianson |first=Gale E. |title=Edwin Hubble: mariner of the nebulae |date=1996 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago, Illinois |page=362 |quote=Grace heard that Enrico Fermi and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, both members of the Nobel Committee, had joined their colleagues in unanimously voting Hubble the prize in physics, a rumor later confirmed by the astronomers Geoffrey and Margaret Burbidge after speaking with "Chandra.}}</ref> However, the Nobel prize is not awarded posthumously.