Bibliograph

Miss Leavitt's stars, the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe, George Johnson

Type

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Miss Leavitt's stars, the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe, George Johnson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Miss Leavitt's stars

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

57557429

Responsibility statement

George Johnson

Series statement

Great discoveries

Sub title

the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe

Table Of Contents

Prologue : the village in the canyon -- Black stars, white nights -- Hunting for variables -- Henrietta's law -- Triangles -- Shapley's ants -- The late, great Milky Way -- In the realm of the nebulae -- The mysterious K -- The cosmic stampede -- Ghost stories -- Epilogue : fire on the mountain

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