The glass universe: how the ladies of the Harvard Observatory took the measure of the stars
Part one: The colors of starlight. Mrs. Draper's intent ; What Miss Maury saw ; Miss Bruce's largesse ; Stella nova ; Bailey's picture from Peru -- Part two: Oh, be a fine girl, kiss me!. Mrs. Fleming's title ; Pickering's "harem" ; Lingua franca ; Miss Leavitt...
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| Summary: | Part one: The colors of starlight. Mrs. Draper's intent ; What Miss Maury saw ; Miss Bruce's largesse ; Stella nova ; Bailey's picture from Peru -- Part two: Oh, be a fine girl, kiss me!. Mrs. Fleming's title ; Pickering's "harem" ; Lingua franca ; Miss Leavitt's relationship ; The Pickering fellows -- Part three: In the depths above. Shapley's "kilo-girl" hours ; Miss Payne's thesis ; The Observatory Pinafore ; Miss Cannon's prize ; The lifetimes of stars -- Some highlights in the history of the Harvard College Observatory -- A catalogue of Harvard astronomers, assistants, and associates The little-known true story of the unexpected and remarkable contributions to astronomy made by a group of women working in the Harvard College Observatory from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s. -- |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xii, [16 ungezählte] 324 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
PREFACE
XI
PART
ONE
THE
COLORS
OF
STARLIGHT
CHAPTER ONE
MRS. DRAPER S INTENT
3
CHAPTER TWO
WHAT MISS MAURY
SAW
21
CHAPTER THREE
MISS BRUCE S LARGESSE
40
CHAPTER
FOUR
STELLA
NOVA
56
CHAPTER FIVE
BAILEY S
PICTURES
FROM
PERU
71
PART
TWO
OH,
BE A FINE GIRL,
KISS
ME!
CHAPTER SIX
MRS. FLEMING S
TITLE
89
CHAPTER
SEVEN
PICKERING S
HAREM
105
IX
CONTENTS
CHAPTER EIGHT
LINGUA
FRANCA
123
CHAPTER NINE
MISS
LEAVITT S RELATIONSHIP
141
CHAPTER
TEN
THE
PICKERING FELLOWS
159
PART
THREE
IN
THE
DEPTHS
ABOVE
CHAPTER
ELEVEN
SHAPLEY S
KILO-GIRL
HOURS
179
CHAPTER
TWELVE
MISS PAYNE S
THESIS
196
CHAPTER
THIRTEEN
THE
OBSERVATORY
PINAFORE
215
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
MISS
CANNON S PRIZE
232
CHAPTER
FIFTEEN
THE
LIFETIMES
OF
STARS
249
APPRECIATION
267
SOURCES
269
SOME
HIGHLIGHTS
IN
THE
HISTORY
OF
THE
HARVARD
COLLEGE OBSERVATORY
273
GLOSSARY
281
A
CATALOGUE
OF
HARVARD
ASTRONOMERS,
ASSISTANTS,
AND
ASSOCIATES 285
REMARKS 293
BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
INDEX
307
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