The Glass Universe

How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars

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Bibliographische Informationen
ISBN/EAN: 9780143111344
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 320 S., 16 farbige Bildtaf.
Format (H/B/T): 1.9 x 21.5 x 14 cm
Einband: Paperback

Beschreibung

In the mid-nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or "human computers," to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope each night. The hidden history of these remarkable women has forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe. The new book by the author of the bestseller "Longitude".