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What Stars Are Made of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

What Stars Are Made of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Donovan Moore, Jocelyn Bell Burnell (Foreword by)Publish date:2020-03-03Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674237377ISBN-10:674237374UPC:9780674237377Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ScienceBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Space Science, WomenBook Topic:AstronomySize:8.30 x 5.60 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCK0V5PRQT

What Stars Are Made of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

A New Scientist Book of the Year
A Physics Today Book of the Year
A Science News Book of the Year

The history of science is replete with women getting little notice for their groundbreaking discoveries. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, a tireless innovator who correctly theorized the substance of stars, was one of them.

It was not easy being a woman of ambition in early twentieth-century England, much...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674237377ISBN-10:674237374UPC:9780674237377Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ScienceBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Space Science, WomenBook Topic:AstronomySize:8.30 x 5.60 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCK0V5PRQT
Moore, Donovan: - Donovan Moore has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, including the Boston Globe and Rolling Stone, and has worked as a television reporter and producer.
Publisher: Harvard University Press

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