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Moore, Donovan,

What stars are made of : the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin / Donovan Moore ; foreword by Jocelyn Bell Burnell. - xix, 298 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Beginning: Wendover and London (1900-1919) -- Part II. Preparing: Cambridge (1919-1923) -- Part III. Discovery: Harvard (1923-1979)

"Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was the revolutionary scientific thinker who discovered what stars are made of. But her name is hard to find alongside those of Hubble, Herschel, and other great astronomers. Donovan Moore tells the story of Payne's life of determination against all the obstacles a patriarchal society erected against her"--

ISBN: 9780674237377 0674237374

Standard No.: 40029813476

LCCN: 2019031057

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC005517 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019673341 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-1979.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Astronomers--United States--Biography.
Women astronomers--United States--Biography.