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Zusatztext
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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. The hidden history of these remarkable women has forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe. The new book by the author of the bestseller "Longitude".
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Detailansicht
The Glass Universe
How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
ISBN/EAN: 9780143111344
Umbreit-Nr.: 2060580
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 320 S., 16 farbige Bildtaf.
Format in cm: 1.9 x 21.5 x 14
Einband:
Paperback
Erschienen am 31.10.2017