Miss Leavitt's stars : the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe
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- ISBN: 0393328562
- ISBN: 9780393328561
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xiv, 162 pages : illustrations. - Publisher New York : Atlas Books : W.W. Norton, 2006.
- Copyright ©2005
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-150) and index. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 18.50 |
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Miss Leavitt's Stars
"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.