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: 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.
Описание:
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: 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: Sobel, Dava Название: Elements of marie curie ISBN: 0008536929 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780008536923 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 2243.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Sobel Dava Название: The Glass Universe ISBN: 0007548184 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007548187 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 2243.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: `A biographical orrery - intricate, complex and fascinating` The Observer `A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves` The Economist #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel returns with a captivating, little-known true story of women in science
Автор: Sobel, Dava Название: Glass universe ISBN: 0008207038 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780008207038 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1715.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: `A biographical orrery - intricate, complex and fascinating` The Observer`A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves` The Economist#1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel returns with a captivating, little-known true story of women in science
Автор: Bardwell, Sandra Название: Moray coast trail (2ed) ISBN: 1898481989 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781898481980 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2572.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Автор: Ramisetti Kirthana Название: Dava Shastri`s Last Day ISBN: 1538703866 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781538703861 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 3795.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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Автор: Ramisetti, Kirthana Название: Dava shastri`s last day ISBN: 153870384X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781538703847 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 2275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: In this novel "full of music, magnetism, and familial obligation" (Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here) a dying billionaire matriarch leaks news of her death early so she can examine her legacy-a decision that horrifies her children and inadvertently exposes secrets she has spent a lifetime keeping.
Автор: Ramisetti, Kirthana ; Nankani, Soneela Название: Dava Shastri`s Last Day Lib/E ISBN: 1668603195 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781668603192 Издательство: Hachette Book Group Рейтинг: Цена: 13402.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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