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Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the W... 0393051285 Book Cover

Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the W...

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Almost forgotten is the Harvard Observatory "computer"--a human number cruncher hired to calculate the positions and luminosities of stars in astronomical photographs--who found the key to the mystery. Radcliffe-educated Henrietta Swan Leavitt, fighting ill health and progressive...

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Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the W... 0393328562 Book Cover

Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the W...

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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...

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Antes de Hubble, Miss Leavitt: La Mujer Que Des... [Spanish] 8495348314 Book Cover

Antes de Hubble, Miss Leavitt: La Mujer Que Des... [Spanish]

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Hace casi un siglo, en un abarrotado despacho del Observatorio de Harvard, una mujer brillante, hoy casi olvidada, descubri el secreto de la inmensidad del universo. Su nombre es Henrietta Swan Leavitt y, en los d as en que a las mujeres les estaba prohibido tener carreras cient...

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