Bright galaxies, dark matter, and beyond : the life of astronomer Vera Rubin / Ashley Jean Yeager.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yeager, Ashley Jean, author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomers--United States--Biography.

Astronomers.

Women astronomers.

United States.

Women astronomers--United States--Biography.

Dark matter (Astronomy).

Rubin, Vera C., 1928-2016.

Rubin, Vera C.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 236 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Pre-publication title: All the matter we cannot see : the life and work of astronomer Vera Rubin

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]

Summary:

"The biography of a pioneering woman astronomer whose work was ignored until she uncovered evidence for the existence of dark matter--and then was passed over for the Nobel prize"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Stellar Tales

2. Dark Matter's Debut

3. Waiting On The Stars

4. Threads Of Research: A Rotating Universe And Radio Astronomy

5. Chasing Stars

6. A Clumpy Cosmos

7. Career Challenges And Galactic Questions

8. A Taste Of Astronomy

9. At Last, A Real Astronomer

10. Andromeda's Young, Hot Stars

11. The Matter We Cannot See

12. More Matter Than Meets The Eye

13. Diving Into Dark Matter

14. Gender Equality In Astronomy: A Darker Universe?

15. The Final Nights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-224) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780262046121

0262046121

OCLC:

1221016859

Publisher Number:

99988322793