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ASTRONOMY --- WOMEN ASTRONOMERS --- HISTORY
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The history of science is replete with women getting little notice for their groundbreaking discoveries. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, a tireless innovator who correctly theorized the substance of stars, was one of them. It was not easy being a woman of ambition in early twentieth-century England, much less one who wished to be a scientist. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin overcame prodigious obstacles to become a woman of many firsts: the first to receive a PhD in astronomy from Radcliffe College, the first promoted to full professor at Harvard, the first to head a department there. And, in what has been called “the most brilliant PhD thesis ever written in astronomy,” she was the first to describe what stars are made of. Payne-Gaposchkin lived in a society that did not know what to make of a determined schoolgirl who wanted to know everything. She was derided in college and refused a degree. As a graduate student, she faced formidable skepticism. Revolutionary ideas rarely enjoy instantaneous acceptance, but the learned men of the astronomical community found hers especially hard to take seriously. Though welcomed at the Harvard College Observatory, she worked for years without recognition or status. Still, she accomplished what every scientist yearns for: discovery. She revealed the atomic composition of stars—only to be told that her conclusions were wrong by the very man who would later show her to be correct. In What Stars Are Made Of, Donovan Moore brings this remarkable woman to life through extensive archival research, family interviews, and photographs. Moore retraces Payne-Gaposchkin’s steps with visits to cramped observatories and nighttime bicycle rides through the streets of Cambridge, England. The result is a story of devotion and tenacity that speaks powerfully to our own time.
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Women in astronomy --- Women astronomers --- American Astronomical Society.
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Women in astronomy --- Women astronomers --- American Astronomical Society.
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Astronomy --- Women astronomers --- Astronomie --- Femmes astronomes. --- History --- Histoire.
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Observatories --- Women astronomers --- Observatories. --- Women astronomers. --- Rubin, Vera C., --- Rubin, Vera C., --- Vera C. Rubin Observatory. --- Chile. --- United States.
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Qui a découvert un nombre exceptionnel de comètes et d'astéroïdes ? Une femme. Qui a permis d'organiser la population stellaire ? Des femmes. Et la loi permettant d'arpenter l'Univers ? Encore et toujours... une femme ! Pourtant, quand il s'agit de citer au hasard un "astronome historique", on pense le plus souvent à des hommes : Galilée, Copernic, ou plus près de nous, Hubble. Certes, au cours des siècles, les femmes n'ont guère eu l'occasion d'accéder aux sciences en général et à l'astronomie en particulier. Est-ce pour autant une raison de croire en l'absence totale de leurs contributions ? À rebours des idées reçues, Yaël Nazé retrace le parcours de quelques scientifiques importantes qui ont en commun une particularité : leur sexe. L'ouvrage suit la trame des grandes découvertes, chaque domaine donnant lieu à une description des phénomènes astronomiques concernés et à un récit où l'on retrouve les grandes figures féminines de l'astronomie.
Femmes astronomes --- astronomie --- femme --- Women astronomers. --- Astronomy --- Astronomie --- History. --- Histoire. --- Femmes astronomes.
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Observatories --- Women astronomers --- Rubin, Vera C., --- Vera C. Rubin Observatory. --- Chile. --- United States.
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