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100	1		_aSobel, Dava, _eauthor _9518
245	1	4	_aThe glass universe : _bhow the ladies of the Harvard Observatory took the measure of the stars / _cDava Sobel
264		1	_aNew York, New York : _bViking, _c[2016]
264		4	_c©2016
300			_axii, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505	0		_aPart 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
520			_aThe little-known true story of the unexpected and remarkable contributions to astronomy made by a group of women working in the Harvard College Observatory from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s.-- _cProvided by publisher
520			_aIn the mid-nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as "human computers" to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope each night. As photography transformed the practice of astronomy, the ladies turned from computation to studying the stars captured nightly on glass photographic plates. The support of Mrs. Anna Palmer Draper, the widow of a pioneer in stellar photography, enabled the women to discern what stars were made of, divide the stars into meaningful categories for further research, and find a way to measure distances across space by starlight. Sobel tells 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
610	2	0	_aHarvard College Observatory _9519
610	2	7	_aHarvard College Observatory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00541468 _9519
648		7	_a1800-1999 _2fast _9520
650		0	_aWomen in astronomy _zMassachusetts _xHistory _9521
650		0	_aWomen mathematicians _zMassachusetts _xHistory _9522
650		0	_aAstronomy _xHistory _y19th century _9523
650		0	_aAstronomy _xHistory _y20th century _9524
650		7	_aAstronomy. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00819673 _9525
650		7	_aWomen in astronomy. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01177831 _9526
650		7	_aWomen mathematicians. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01178130 _9527
650		7	_aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. _2bisacsh _9528
650		7	_aSCIENCE / Astronomy. _2bisacsh _9529
650		7	_aSCIENCE / History. _2bisacsh _9530
650		7	_aSCIENCE / History _9530
650		7	_aSCIENCE / Astronomy _9529
650		7	_aHISTORY / Women _9531
651		7	_aMassachusetts. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204307 _9532
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628 _9533
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aSobel, Dava. _tGlass universe. _dNew York : Viking, 2016 _z9780698148697 _w(DLC) 2016030208
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