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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Sobel, Dava, author.     Subjects     Harvard College Observatory.     Women in astronomy -- Massachusetts -- History.     Women mathematicians -- Massachusetts -- History.     Astronomy -- History -- 19th century.     Astronomy -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sobel, Dava, author.       by title:      The glass universe [...         MARC Display

The glass universe [large type] : how the ladies of the Harvard Observatory took the measure of the stars / Dava Sobel. by Sobel, Dava, author. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017. Subjects Harvard College Observatory.   Women in astronomy -- Massachusetts -- History.   Women mathematicians -- Massachusetts -- History.   Astronomy -- History -- 19th century.   Astronomy -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781410495716 (lg. print : hardcover) : 141049571X (lg. print : hardcover) Description:  569 pages (large print), 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Edition:  Large print edition. Contents:  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. Requests:  0 Summary:  The captivating, little-known hidden history of a group of women whose remarkable contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hilo Public Library Large Type LT 522.19744 Sob Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Large Type LT 522.19744 So Checked In Add Copy to MyList Library For The Blind and Print Disabled Large Type LT 522.19744 So Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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