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| Author | : George Johnson |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Release Date | : 06 June 2023 |
| ISBN | : 0393051285 |
| Pages | : 188 |
| File Size | : 28,7 Mb |
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Miss Leavitt's Stars is both a masterly account of how we measure the universe and the moving story of a neglected genius.
Miss Leavitt's Stars is both a masterly account of how we measure the universe and the moving story of a neglected genius.
DOWNLOAD"A short, excellent account of [Leavitt’s] extraordinary life and achievements." —Simon Singh, New York Times Book Review 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,
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A century ago, a brilliant woman found the key to the vastness of the universe; her name was Henrietta Swan Leavitt. She was hired by Harvard Univ. to calculate the positions and luminosities of stars in astronomical photos. She discovered a new law, one that would transform the field of
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DOWNLOAD“A short, excellent account of [Leavitt’s] extraordinary life and achievements.”—Simon Singh, New York Times Book Review At the beginning of the twentieth century, scientists argued over the size of the universe: was it, as the astronomer Harlow Shapley argued, the size of the Milky Way, or was there
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