The Resource Miss Leavitt's stars : the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe, George Johnson
Miss Leavitt's stars : the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe, George Johnson
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- Summary
- 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 the universe was so vast that the Milky Way was just one galaxy among billions--the view that would prevail, proven by the equally headstrong Edwin Hubble. Almost forgotten is the Harvard Observatory Computer--a human number cruncher hired to calculate the positions and luminosities of stars in astronomical photographs--who found the key to the mystery. Radcliffe-educated Henrietta Swan Leavitt, fighting ill health and progressive deafness, stumbled upon a new law that allowed astronomers to use variable stars--those whose brightness rhythmically changes--as a cosmic yardstick. This book is both an account of how we measure the universe, and the moving story of a neglected genius.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xiv, 162 pages
- Note
- "Atlas books."
- Contents
-
- Prologue : the village in the canyon
- Black stars, white nights
- Hunting for variables
- Henrietta's law
- Triangles
- Shapley's ants
- The late, great Milky Way
- In the realm of the nebulae
- The mysterious K
- The cosmic stampede
- Ghost stories
- Epilogue : fire on the mountain
- Isbn
- 9780393051285
- Label
- Miss Leavitt's stars : the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe
- Title
- Miss Leavitt's stars
- Title remainder
- the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe
- Statement of responsibility
- George Johnson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 the universe was so vast that the Milky Way was just one galaxy among billions--the view that would prevail, proven by the equally headstrong Edwin Hubble. Almost forgotten is the Harvard Observatory Computer--a human number cruncher hired to calculate the positions and luminosities of stars in astronomical photographs--who found the key to the mystery. Radcliffe-educated Henrietta Swan Leavitt, fighting ill health and progressive deafness, stumbled upon a new law that allowed astronomers to use variable stars--those whose brightness rhythmically changes--as a cosmic yardstick. This book is both an account of how we measure the universe, and the moving story of a neglected genius.--From publisher description
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952 January 20-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johnson, George
- Dewey number
- 522/.09/04
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QB807
- LC item number
- .J64 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Great discoveries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Leavitt, Henrietta Swan
- Astrometry
- Astronomical photometry
- Astronomy
- Label
- Miss Leavitt's stars : the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe, George Johnson
- Note
- "Atlas books."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-150) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue : the village in the canyon -- Black stars, white nights -- Hunting for variables -- Henrietta's law -- Triangles -- Shapley's ants -- The late, great Milky Way -- In the realm of the nebulae -- The mysterious K -- The cosmic stampede -- Ghost stories -- Epilogue : fire on the mountain
- Control code
- 57557429
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xiv, 162 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393051285
- Lccn
- 2005002823
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780393051285
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Miss Leavitt's stars : the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe, George Johnson
- Note
- "Atlas books."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-150) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue : the village in the canyon -- Black stars, white nights -- Hunting for variables -- Henrietta's law -- Triangles -- Shapley's ants -- The late, great Milky Way -- In the realm of the nebulae -- The mysterious K -- The cosmic stampede -- Ghost stories -- Epilogue : fire on the mountain
- Control code
- 57557429
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xiv, 162 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393051285
- Lccn
- 2005002823
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780393051285
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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