Miss Leavitt's Stars : The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe Paperback / softback
by George Johnson
Part of the Great Discoveries series
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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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:14/07/2006
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- ISBN:9780393328561
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:14/07/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780393328561
