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"--
9780674237377 cloth
2019031057
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia 1900-1979
Astronomers--United States--Biography
Women astronomers--United States--Biography
Biografie
Biografie
QB36.G372
520.62 B
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"--
9780674237377 cloth
2019031057
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia 1900-1979
Astronomers--United States--Biography
Women astronomers--United States--Biography
Biografie
Biografie
QB36.G372
520.62 B