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

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

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

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

$14.95
$14.95

by George Johnson (Author)

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.

Number of Pages: 176
Dimensions: 0.43 x 7.86 x 6.14 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: June 17, 2006

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