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Miss Leavitt's Stars The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe
by Johnson, George, Johnson, George
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- ISBN-13: 9780393328561
- ISBN: 0393328562
- Publication Date: 2006
- Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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At the beginning of the twentieth century scientists argued over the size of the universe. The answer to the controversy was discovered by Henrietta Swan Leavitt, who was employed by the Harvard Observatory as a number cruncher. This work uncovers her story, and describes a turbulent period of astronomical history.Johnson, George is the author of 'Miss Leavitt's Stars The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe', published 2006 under ISBN 9780393328561 and ISBN 0393328562.
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