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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches     Choice Review     First Chapter Excerpts     Summary     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Sobel, Dava     Subjects     Harvard College Observatory     Harvard College Observatory     Harvard College Observatory     Women in astronomy -- Massachusetts -- History.     Women mathematicians -- Massachusetts -- History.     Astronomy -- History -- 19th century.     Astronomy -- History -- 20th century.     Massachusetts.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sobel, Dava       by title:      The glass universe :...         MARC Display

The glass universe : how the ladies of the Harvard Observatory took the measure of the stars / Dava Sobel. by Sobel, Dava Viking, [2016] Subjects Harvard College Observatory   Harvard College Observatory   Harvard College Observatory   Women in astronomy -- Massachusetts -- History.   Women mathematicians -- Massachusetts -- History.   Astronomy -- History -- 19th century.   Astronomy -- History -- 20th century.   Massachusetts. Summary note:  The little-known true story of the unexpected and remarkable contributions to astronomy made by a group of women working in the Harvard College Observatory from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s. -- Provided by publisher. Description:  xii, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm 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. ISBN:  9780670016952 (hardcover) 0670016950 (hardcover) Additional Physical Form:  Online version: Sobel, Dava. Glass universe New York : Viking, 2016 (DLC) 2016030208   Copy/Holding information Collection Call No. Volume Copy Status   Main Stacks QB34.5.S63 2016 0 c. 01 Checked In Request Copy Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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