A01=George Johnson
astrometry
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astronomy
Author_George Johnson
biography
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galaxy
harvard observatory
henrietta leavitt
history of science
milky way
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women in science
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- ISBN 9780393328561
- Weight: 164g
- Dimensions: 140 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 17 Jun 2006
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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George Johnson brings to life Henrietta Swan Leavitt, who found the key to the vastness of the universe—in the form of a “yardstick” suitable for measuring it. Unknown in our day, Leavitt was no more recognized in her own: despite her enormous achievement, she was employed by the Harvard Observatory as a mere number-cruncher, at a wage not dissimilar from that of workers in the nearby textile mills. Miss Leavitt’s Stars uncovers her neglected history.
George Johnson, an award-winning science journalist, is the author of several books, most recently The Cancer Chronicles and Strange Beauty. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
