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What stars are made of the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

Moore, Donovan

What stars are made of the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Donovan Moore ; foreword by Jocelyn Bell Burnell - xix, 298 Seiten Illustrationen 22 cm

Part I. Beginning: Wendover and London (1900-1919) -- Part II. Preparing: Cambridge (1919-1923) -- Part III. Discovery: Harvard (1923-1979) "Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was the revolutionary scientific thinker who discovered what stars are made of. But her name is hard to find alongside those of Hubble, Herschel, and other great astronomers. Donovan Moore tells the story of Payne's life of determination against all the obstacles a patriarchal society erected against her"--

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Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia 1900-1979


Astronomers--United States--Biography
Women astronomers--United States--Biography


Biografie
Biografie

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