What stars are made of: the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

By:

Moore, Donovan

Publication details: Harvard University Press, 2020. Massachusetts:Description: xix, 298 p. ill. ; pb; 22 cmISBN:

9780674237377

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

520.62 MOO

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	IIT Gandhinagar General Stacks	General	520.62 MOO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	16/12/2024 19:59	029750

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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