Libro miss leavitt´s stars,the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe De Johnson, George

portada miss leavitt´s stars,the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

George Johnson

Editorial

W. W. Norton & Company

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

162

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

20.0 x 15.6 x 1.1 cm

Peso

0.15 kg.

ISBN

0393328562

ISBN13

9780393328561

Categorías

Biografías
Estudios de genero de las mujeres
Cosmología y el universo
Astrofísica

miss leavitt´s stars,the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe

George Johnson (Autor) · W. W. Norton & Company · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "miss leavitt´s stars,the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe"

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.