Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe (Great Discoveries)
ISBN-13:
9780393328561
ISBN-10:
0393328562
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
George Johnson
Publication date:
2006
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Format:
Paperback
176 pages
Category:
Women
,
Specific Groups
,
Scientists
,
Professionals & Academics
,
Astronomy
,
Astronomy & Space Science
,
Astrophysics
,
Physics
,
Cosmology
,
Cultural & Regional
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ISBN-13:
9780393328561
ISBN-10:
0393328562
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
George Johnson
Publication date:
2006
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Format:
Paperback
176 pages
Category:
Women
,
Specific Groups
,
Scientists
,
Professionals & Academics
,
Astronomy
,
Astronomy & Space Science
,
Astrophysics
,
Physics
,
Cosmology
,
Cultural & Regional
Summary
Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe (Great Discoveries) (ISBN-13: 9780393328561 and ISBN-10: 0393328562), written by authors
George Johnson, was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2006.
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Description
"A short, excellent account of [Leavitt’s] extraordinary life and achievements." ―Simon Singh, New York Times Book Review
George Johnson brings to life Henrietta Swan Leavitt, who found the key to the vastness of the universe―in the form of a “yardstick” suitable for measuring it. Unknown in our day, Leavitt was no more recognized in her own: despite her enormous achievement, she was employed by the Harvard Observatory as a mere number-cruncher, at a wage not dissimilar from that of workers in the nearby textile mills. Miss Leavitt’s Stars uncovers her neglected history.
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