The Resource What stars are made of : the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Donovan Moore ; foreword by Jocelyn Bell Burnell
What stars are made of : the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Donovan Moore ; foreword by Jocelyn Bell Burnell
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The item What stars are made of : the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Donovan Moore ; foreword by Jocelyn Bell Burnell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dallas Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was the revolutionary scientific thinker who discovered what stars are made of. But her name is hard to find alongside those of Hubble, Herschel, and other great astronomers. Donovan Moore tells the story of Payne's life of determination against all the obstacles a patriarchal society erected against her"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xix, 298 pages
- Contents
-
- Part I. Beginning: Wendover and London (1900-1919)
- Part II. Preparing: Cambridge (1919-1923)
- Part III. Discovery: Harvard (1923-1979)
- Isbn
- 9780674237377
- Label
- What stars are made of : the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
- Title
- What stars are made of
- Title remainder
- the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
- Statement of responsibility
- Donovan Moore ; foreword by Jocelyn Bell Burnell
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was the revolutionary scientific thinker who discovered what stars are made of. But her name is hard to find alongside those of Hubble, Herschel, and other great astronomers. Donovan Moore tells the story of Payne's life of determination against all the obstacles a patriarchal society erected against her"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- MH/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Moore, Donovan
- Dewey number
-
- 520.62
- B
- 925/.2
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QB36.G372
- LC item number
- M66 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia
- Astronomers
- Women astronomers
- Label
- What stars are made of : the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Donovan Moore ; foreword by Jocelyn Bell Burnell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-282) 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
- Part I. Beginning: Wendover and London (1900-1919) -- Part II. Preparing: Cambridge (1919-1923) -- Part III. Discovery: Harvard (1923-1979)
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xix, 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674237377
- Lccn
- 2019031057
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1111380710
- (OCoLC)on1111380710
- 2946681
- Label
- What stars are made of : the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Donovan Moore ; foreword by Jocelyn Bell Burnell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-282) 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
- Part I. Beginning: Wendover and London (1900-1919) -- Part II. Preparing: Cambridge (1919-1923) -- Part III. Discovery: Harvard (1923-1979)
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xix, 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674237377
- Lccn
- 2019031057
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1111380710
- (OCoLC)on1111380710
- 2946681
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