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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.

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... Read more

    Publisher: WW Norton & Co
    Publication Date: 14/07/2006
    ISBN13: 9780393328561, 978-0393328561
    ISBN10: 0393328562

    Number of Pages: 176

    Non Fiction , Mathematics & Science , Education

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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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