Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the U...
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Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe (Great Discoveries)
Book Details
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Women
- Condition
- Used
- ISBN-13
- 9780393328561
- ISBN-10
- 0393328562
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ISBN: 0393328562
Author: Johnson, George
Condition: Used
"A short, excellent account of [Leavitts] extraordinary life and achievements." -Simon Singh, New York Times Book ReviewGeorge 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 Leavitts Stars uncovers her neglected history.
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