The Glass Universe : The Hidden History of the Women Who Took Measure of The Stars / Dava Sobel.

• 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.

• 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. As photography transformed the practice of astronomy, the women turned to studying images of the stars captured on glass photographic plates, making extraordinary discoveries that attracted worldwide acclaim. They helped discern what the stars were made of, divided them into meaningful categories for further research, and even found a way to measure distances across space by starlight. Elegantly written and enriched by excerpts from letters, diaries, and memoirs, The Glass Universe is the hidden history of a group of remarkable women whose vital contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe. 

Ämnesord

1900-tal  (sao)

Kvinnor - historia  (sao)

Kvinnliga matematiker  (sao)

Kvinnliga astronomer  (sao)

Astronomi  -- historia (sao)

Women in astronomy  -- Massachusetts -- History. (LCSH)

Women mathematicians  -- Massachusetts -- History. (LCSH)

Astronomy  -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Astronomy  -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Genusarbetsdelning  (kao)

Gifta kvinnor  (kao)

Donationer  (kao)

Sex-typing of jobs  (kao//eng)

Married women  (kao//eng)

Donations  (kao//eng)

Astronomy.  (fast)

Women in astronomy.  (fast)

Women mathematicians.  (fast)

HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.  (bisacsh)

SCIENCE / Astronomy.  (bisacsh)

SCIENCE / History.  (bisacsh)

Arbete  -- könsroller -- kvinnouppfattning (kao)

Professorer  -- pionjärer (kao)

Astronomy  -- astronomers -- mathematicians -- United States -- Harvard -- 19th century -- 20th century (kao//eng)

Arbete  -- gender roles -- views of women (kao//eng)

Professors  -- pioneers (kao//eng)

SCIENCE / History. 

SCIENCE / Astronomy. 

HISTORY / Women. 

Astronomi  -- astronomer -- matematiker -- Förenta staterna -- Harvard -- 1800-talet -- 1900-talet

Women astronomers  (LCSH)

Massachusetts.  (fast)

1800-tal  (sao)

Genre

History.  (fast)

Personnamn

Fleming, Vilhelmina

Jump Cannon, Annie, 1863-1941

Maury, Antonia C., 1866-1952

Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-1979

Swan Leawitt, Henrietta, 1868-1921

Institutionsnamn

Harvard College Observatory.

Harvard College Observatory.

Klassifikation

500.8209034 (DDC)

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