The glass universe : how the ladies of the Harvard Observatory took the measure of the stars / Dava Sobel.
By: Sobel, Dava.
Publisher: New York, New York : Viking, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xii, 324 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780670016952 (hardcover).Subject(s): Harvard College Observatory | Women in astronomy -- Massachusetts -- History | Women mathematicians -- Massachusetts -- History | Astronomy -- History -- 19th century | Astronomy -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QB34.5 .S63 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000010709 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-305) and index.
Part one: The colors of starlight. Mrs. Draper's intent ; What Miss Maury saw ; Miss Bruce's largesse ; Stella nova ; Bailey's picture from Peru -- Part two: Oh, be a fine girl, kiss me!. Mrs. Fleming's title ; Pickering's "harem" ; Lingua franca ; Miss Leavitt's relationship ; The Pickering fellows -- Part three: In the depths above. Shapley's "kilo-girl" hours ; Miss Payne's thesis ; The Observatory Pinafore ; Miss Cannon's prize ; The lifetimes of stars -- Some highlights in the history of the Harvard College Observatory -- A catalogue of Harvard astronomers, assistants, and associates.
The little-known true story of the unexpected and remarkable contributions to astronomy made by a group of women working in the Harvard College Observatory from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s. --