What Stars Are Made Of The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin |
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| Author:
| Moore, Donovan |
| Foreword by:
| Burnell, Jocelyn Bell |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-23737-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2020 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was the revolutionary scientific thinker who discovered what stars are made of. But her name is hard to find alongside those of Hubble, Herschel, and other great astronomers. Donovan Moore tells the story of Payne-Gaposchkin's life of determination against all the obstacles a patriarchal society erected against her.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was the revolutionary scientific thinker who discovered what stars are made of. But her name is hard to find alongside those of Hubble, Herschel, and other great astronomers. Donovan Moore tells the story of Payne-Gaposchkin's life of determination against all the obstacles a patriarchal society erected against her.