Search Results

Miss Leavitt's Stars

Download or Read eBook Miss Leavitt's Stars PDF written by George Johnson and published by WW Norton. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Miss Leavitt's Stars
Author :
Publisher : WW Norton
Total Pages : 179
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780393328561
ISBN-13 : 0393328562
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Miss Leavitt's Stars by : George Johnson

Book excerpt: "A short, excellent account of [Leavitt’s] extraordinary life and achievements." —Simon Singh, New York Times Book Review 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.


Miss Leavitt's Stars Related Books

Scroll to top