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092 _aPayne-Ga C.
_bM821
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aMoore, Donovan,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aWhat stars are made of :
_bthe life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin /
_cDonovan Moore ; foreword by Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c2020.
264 4 _c©2020
300 _axix, 298 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
505 0 _aPart I. Beginning: Wendover and London (1900-1919) -- Part II. Preparing: Cambridge (1919-1923) -- Part III. Discovery: Harvard (1923-1979)
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600 1 0 _aPayne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia,
_d1900-1979.
650 0 _aAstronomers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_9222540
650 0 _aWomen astronomers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
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994 _aC0
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999 _c308888
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