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Author Sobel, Dava.

Title The glass universe : how the ladies of the Harvard Observatory took the measure of the stars / Dava Sobel.

Publication Info. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
©2016

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Large Print Materials  LARGE PRINT 522.19 SOBEL    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Large Print Materials  LP522 SOBEL    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Large Print  LP 522.1974 SOB    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  LP 522.1974 SOB    Check Shelf
Edition Large print edition.
Description 569 pages (large print), [32] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [547]-561)
Summary The captivating, little-known hidden history of a group of women whose remarkable contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.
Subject Women in astronomy -- Massachusetts -- History.
Women mathematicians -- Massachusetts -- History.
Astronomy -- History -- 19th century.
Astronomy -- History -- 20th century.
Harvard College Observatory.
Large type books.
Harvard College Observatory. (OCoLC)fst00541468
Astronomy. (OCoLC)fst00819673
Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
Women in astronomy. (OCoLC)fst01177831
Women mathematicians. (OCoLC)fst01178130
Massachusetts. (OCoLC)fst01204307
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781410495716 (hardcover)
141049571X (hardcover)
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