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Bright galaxies, dark matter, and beyond : the life of astronomer Vera Rubin / Ashley Jean Yeager.
LIBRA QB36.R83 Y43 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yeager, Ashley Jean, author.
- 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
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