The Glass Universe: The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars by Dava Sobel

The Glass Universe: The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars

Dava Sobel

336 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
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"This is a captivating, little-known true story of women in science. Before they even had the right to vote, a group of remarkable women were employed by Harvard College Observatory as ̀Human Computers' to interpret the observations made via teles...

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