The Glass Universe

Name: The Glass Universe
Brand: 4th Estate
SKU: 9780007548187
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In the mid-nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or “human computers,” to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope each night. As photography transformed the practice of astronomy, the women turned to studying images of the stars captured on glass photographic plates, making extraordinary discoveries that attracted worldwide acclaim.

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They helped discern what the stars were made of, divided them into meaningful categories for further research, and even found a way to measure distances across space by starlight . Elegantly written and enriched by excerpts from letters, diaries,and memoirs, The Glass Universe is the hidden history of a group of remarkable women whose vital contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.

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Anul publicarii	2017
ISBN	9780007548187
Format coperta	Cartonata
Numar pagini	336
Limba	Engleză
Domeniul	Știință și matematică
Autor	Dava Sobel
De aceeasi editura	4th Estate
CM	96841
DS	BR/1#MEGA/2
Goodreads	https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=9780007548187
Dimensiuni	Height: 9.4488 Inches, Length: 6.25983 Inches, Weight: 1.3448197982 Pounds, Width: 1.22047 Inches