The Glass Universe How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
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New from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People), little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy
"A joy to read." -The Wall Street Journal
Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Economist, Smithsonian, and Science Friday
Nominated for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
In the mid-nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or "human computers," to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope each night. At the outset this group included the wives, sisters, and daughters of the resident astronomers, but soon the female corps included graduates of the new women's colleges-Vassar, Wellesley, and Smith. As photography transformed the practice of astronomy, the ladies turned from computation to studying...
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