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Author Sobel, Dava, author.

Title The glass universe : how the ladies of the Harvard Observatory took the measure of the stars / Dava Sobel.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Books, 2017.
©2016
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1916605~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  522.197444 SOB    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  522.197444 SOB    AVAILABLE
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Description xii, 323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-305) and index.
Summary Shares the story of the scientific contributions of a group of women working at the Harvard College Observatory from the late 1800s through the mid-twentieth century, tracing their collection of star observations captured nightly on glass photographic plates.
Audience 1330L Lexile
Subject Harvard College Observatory.
Women in astronomy -- Massachusetts -- History.
Women mathematicians -- Massachusetts -- History.
Astronomy -- History -- 19th century.
Astronomy -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780143111344 (softcover)
0143111345 (softcover)
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