Описание: New from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the -inspiring- (People), little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy
-A joy to read.- --The Wall Street Journal Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, TheEconomist, Smithsonian, Nature, and NPR'sScience Friday
Nominated for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
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. At the outset this group included the wives, sisters, and daughters of the resident astronomers, but soon the female corps included graduates of the new women's colleges--Vassar, Wellesley, and Smith. As photography transformed the practice of astronomy, the ladies turned from computation to studying the stars captured nightly on glass photographic plates. The -glass universe- of half a million plates that Harvard amassed over the ensuing decades--through the generous support of Mrs. Anna Palmer Draper, the widow of a pioneer in stellar photography--enabled the women to make extraordinary discoveries that attracted worldwide acclaim. They helped discern what stars were made of, divided the stars into meaningful categories for further research, and found a way to measure distances across space by starlight. Their ranks included Williamina Fleming, a Scottish woman originally hired as a maid who went on to identify ten novae and more than three hundred variable stars; Annie Jump Cannon, who designed a stellar classification system that was adopted by astronomers the world over and is still in use; and Dr. Cecilia Helena Payne, who in 1956 became the first ever woman professor of astronomy at Harvard--and Harvard's first female department chair. Elegantly written and enriched by excerpts from letters, diaries, and memoirs, The Glass Universe is the hidden history of the women whose contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.
Автор: Jane Sobel Klonsky Название: Unconditional ISBN: 1426217110 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781426217111 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1835.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Sobel, Eliezer (eliezer Sobel) Название: Blue sky, white clouds ISBN: 1937907074 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781937907075 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3211.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Sobel, Robert Название: Microencapsulation In The Food Industry ISBN: 0128216832 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780128216835 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 32844.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Gifford, Kathie Lee Sobel, Rabbi Jason Название: God of the way ISBN: 0785295984 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780785295983 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 2133.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: God`s story of His people and biblical truths that offer life, hope, and direction for today.
Автор: Weisberg, Deena Skolnick Sobel, David M. Название: Constructing science ISBN: 0262044684 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262044684 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 5058.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Between Home and the Front offers not only a unique first-person account from those that experienced the Civil War but an annotation in meticulous detail to provide valuable historical context for the events, people, and material culture described in the letters.
Автор: Dava Sobel; Read by Jane Jacobs Название: Longitude ABR CAS ISBN: 1559273976 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781559273978 Издательство: Macmillan USA Рейтинг: Цена: 1651.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Adam H. Sobel, Tapio Schneider Название: Global Circulation of the Atmosphere ISBN: 0691236917 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691236919 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 36438.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Sobel Eliezer Название: Dark Light of the Soul ISBN: 1667823116 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781667823119 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 4909.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Louis Vuitton has ateliers the length and breadth of France and beyond, to Geneva, the Veneto and even Texas. Louis Vuitton fosters the idea that a manufacture can be a place of fulfillment and individuality, where traditional craft skills can be learned, respected and transmitted, using age-old techniques and tools that would be familiar to the companys founder. Louis Vuitton has ateliers the length and breadth of France and beyond, to Geneva, the Veneto and even Texas. Louis Vuitton fosters the idea that a manufacture can be a place of fulfillment and individuality, where traditional craft skills can be learned, respected and transmitted,
Автор: Sobel David, Wall Steven Название: Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy Volume 8 ISBN: 0192856901 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780192856906 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 21841.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is the eighth volume of Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy. The series aims to publish some of the best contemporary work in the vibrant field of political philosophy and its closely related subfields, including jurisprudence, normative economics, political theory in political science departments, and just war theory.
Описание: Highlighting connections that have been hidden from our non-Jewish eyes, Rabbi Jason Sobel pulls back the curtain to shed God`s light on the holy scriptures.
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