But the heavens would soon talk back. In 1931 Einstein visited Hubble at Mt. Wilson and saw the astronomical evidence in support of the expanding universe through the great 100-inch telescope there. In the adjoining photograph of that visit (Fig. 5.6), you can see a famous picture of Einstein looking through the telescope, with Hubble in the background smoking his pipe. Soon after visiting Hubble at Mt. Wilson, Einstein publicly acknowledged that he recognized the necessity of a “beginning.”
