Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe


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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.



Author: George Johnson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/17/2006
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 7.86h x 6.14w x 0.43d
ISBN13: 9780393328561
ISBN10: 0393328562
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Physics | Astrophysics
- Science | Space Science | Cosmology
- Biography & Autobiography | Women