Häftad, Engelska, 2006
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 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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- Utgivningsdatum: 2006-06-17
- Mått: 138 x 205 x 10 mm
- Vikt: 140 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Serie: Great Discoveries
- Antal sidor: 176
- Förlag: WW Norton & Co
- ISBN: 9780393328561
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George Johnson, an award-winning science journalist, is the author of several books, most recently The Cancer Chronicles and Strange Beauty. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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