Showing Miss Leavitt's Stars : The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe by George Johnson

Miss Leavitt's Stars At the beginning of the twentieth century scientists argued over the size of the universe. The answer to the controversy was discovered by Henrietta Swan Leavitt, who was employed by the Harvard Observatory as a number cruncher. This work uncovers her story, and describes a turbulent period of astronomical history. Full description