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The Glass Universe: The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars

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By (author): Dava Sobel

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR

A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves The Economist

#1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel returns with a captivating, little-known true story of women in science

Before they even had the right to vote, a group of remarkable women were employed by Harvard College Observatory as Human Computers to interpret the observations made via telescope by their male counterparts each night.

The author of Longitude, Galileos Daughter and The Planets shines light on the hidden history of these extraordinary women who changed the burgeoning field of astronomy and our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 200g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 02 Nov 2017
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780007548200

About Dava Sobel

Dava Sobel a former New York Times science reporter is the author of Longitude a prize-winning international bestseller and Galileo's Daughter which was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. She has co-authored six books including Is Anyone Out There? with astronomer Frank Drake and The Illustrated Longitude with William J. H. Andrewes. Dava Sobel has won a number of awards for her outstanding contribution towards public understanding of science. She lives in East Hampton New York.

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