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Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe (Great Discoveries)
Miss Leavitt's Stars The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe - Great Discoveries
Author: George Johnson
A forgotten heroine of science and how she solved one of the crucial mysteries of the universe. How big is the universe? In the early twentieth century, scientists took sides. One held that the entire universe was contained in the Milky Way galaxy. Their champion was the strong-willed astronomer Harlow Shapley. Another camp believed that...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393051285
ISBN-10: 0393051285
Publication Date: 6/13/2005
Pages: 162
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Hardcover
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