Bibliograph

What stars are made of, the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Donovan Moore ; foreword by Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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What stars are made of, the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Donovan Moore ; foreword by Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-282) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

What stars are made of

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1111380710

Responsibility statement

Donovan Moore ; foreword by Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Sub title

the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

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"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Part I. Beginning: Wendover and London (1900-1919) -- Part II. Preparing: Cambridge (1919-1923) -- Part III. Discovery: Harvard (1923-1979)

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