Description
| Product ID: | 9780674237377 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | What Stars Are Made Of |
| Subtitle: | The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin |
| Authors: | Author: Donovan Moore |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Popular science, Astronomy, space and time, Popular astronomy and space, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Popular science, Astronomy, space & time, Popular astronomy & space |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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-Gaposchkin’s life of determination against all the obstacles a patriarchal society erected against her. |
| Imprint Name: | Harvard University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Harvard University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-03-03 |