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.
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Автор: Dava Sobel Название: Longitude (20) ISBN: 080271529X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780802715296 Издательство: Macmillan USA Цена: 1563.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that -the longitude problem- was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives and the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution. One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific community, dared to imagine a mechanical solution-a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.
Автор: Sobel, D. Название: Longitude ISBN: 0007214227 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007214228 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1319.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Armstrong.
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: Gwartney James D., Stroup Richard L., Sobel Russell S. Название: Microeconomics:: Private & Public Choice ISBN: 035713401X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780357134016 Издательство: Cengage Learning Рейтинг: Цена: 14782.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Doreen Carwithen and her husband William Alwyn were two of the most versatile composers working in Britain in the mid- to late-20th century. Between them they scored more than 100 films, as well as music for the concert hall, including the scores for Odd Man Out Alwyn and Boys in Brown Carwithen. Daniel Grimwoods recording is a wonderful introduction to the couples extensive catalogues of piano music, containing Carwithens taut, neoclassical Sonatina and Alwyns 12 Preludes and Grieg-inspired Fantasy Waltzes. This is warm, lyrical music which quietly pushes boundaries while always attractive and well-written for the
Автор: Gwartney James D., Stroup Richard L., Sobel Russell S. Название: Macroeconomics: Private & Public Choice ISBN: 0357134001 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780357134009 Издательство: Cengage Learning Рейтинг: Цена: 14782.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Doreen Carwithen and her husband William Alwyn were two of the most versatile composers working in Britain in the mid- to late-20th century. Between them they scored more than 100 films, as well as music for the concert hall, including the scores for Odd Man Out Alwyn and Boys in Brown Carwithen. Daniel Grimwoods recording is a wonderful introduction to the couples extensive catalogues of piano music, containing Carwithens taut, neoclassical Sonatina and Alwyns 12 Preludes and Grieg-inspired Fantasy Waltzes. This is warm, lyrical music which quietly pushes boundaries while always attractive and well-written for the
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.
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