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Miss Leavitt's stars : the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe / George Johnson.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, George, 1952 January 20-
- Series:
- Great discoveries
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astrometry--History.
- Astrometry.
- Leavitt, Henrietta Swan, 1868-1921.
- Leavitt, Henrietta Swan.
- Astronomical photometry.
- Astronomy--United States--History--20th century.
- Astronomy.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 162 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2005]
- Contents:
- Prologue : the village in the canyon
- Black stars, white nights
- Hunting for variables
- Henrietta's law
- Triangles
- Shapley's ants
- The late, great Milky Way
- In the realm of the nebulae
- The mysterious K
- The cosmic stampede
- Ghost stories
- Epilogue : fire on the mountain.
- Notes:
- "Atlas books."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-150) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0393051285
- OCLC:
- 57557429
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