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Miss Leavitt's stars : the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe / George Johnson.
Series: Great discoveriesPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 162 p. : ill. ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
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- 0393051285 :
- QB807 .J64 2005
Contents:
Prologue : the village in the canyon -- Black stars, white nights -- Hunting for variables -- Henrietta's law -- Triangles -- Shapley's ants -- The late, great Milky Way -- In the realm of the nebulae -- The mysterious K -- The cosmic stampede -- Ghost stories -- Epilogue : fire on the mountain.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | QB 807 .J64 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 682088 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-150) and index.
Prologue : the village in the canyon -- Black stars, white nights -- Hunting for variables -- Henrietta's law -- Triangles -- Shapley's ants -- The late, great Milky Way -- In the realm of the nebulae -- The mysterious K -- The cosmic stampede -- Ghost stories -- Epilogue : fire on the mountain.
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