What stars are made of : the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin / Donovan Moore.

By:

Moore, Donovan [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020Description: pages cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780674237377

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

520.62 B 23

LOC classification:

QB36.G372 M66 2020

Contents:

Part I. Beginning: Wendover and London (1900-1919) -- Part II. Preparing: Cambridge (1919-1923) -- Part III. Discovery: Harvard (1923-1979)

Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

List(s) this item appears in: Women in Science

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 2 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Library	50x-2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		AT-ISTA#002148

Total holds: 0

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"-- Provided by publisher.