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Author Johnson, George, 1952 January 20-

Title Miss Leavitt's stars : the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe / George Johnson.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  522 JOHNSON    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY LEAVITT    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  522 J632    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  522.09 JOH    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B LEAVITT, HENRIETTA SWAN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  522.0904 JOHNSON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  522 L48    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  522.09 JOHNSON    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 162 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Series Great discoveries
Great discoveries.
Note "Atlas books."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-150) and index.
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.
Subject Astrometry -- History.
Leavitt, Henrietta Swan, 1868-1921.
Astronomical photometry.
Astronomy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 0393051285
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