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Title:
The glass universe[text (large print)] : how the ladies of the Harvard Observatory took the measure of the stars
Author:
Sobel, Dava.
ISBN:
9781410495716
Personal Author:
Edition:
Large print edition.
Physical Description:
569 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series:
Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs
Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs.
Contents:
Part one: The colors of starlight. Mrs. Draper's intent ; What Miss Maury saw ; Miss Bruce's largesse ; Stella nova ; Bailey's picture from Peru -- Part two: Oh, be a fine girl, kiss me!. Mrs. Fleming's title ; Pickering's "harem" ; Lingua franca ; Miss Leavitt's relationship ; The Pickering fellows -- Part three: In the depths above. Shapley's "kilo-girl" hours ; Miss Payne's thesis ; The Observatory Pinafore ; Miss Cannon's prize ; The lifetimes of stars -- Some highlights in the history of the Harvard College Observatory -- A catalogue of Harvard astronomers, assistants, and associates.
Abstract:
The captivating, little-known hidden history of a group of women whose remarkable contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.
