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Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe (Great Discoveries)
Miss Leavitt's Stars The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe - Great Discoveries
Author: George Johnson
How big is the universe? In the early twentieth century, scientists took sides. One held that the entire universe was contained in the Milky Way galaxy. Their champion was the strong-willed astronomer Harlow Shapley. Another camp believed that the universe was so vast that the Milky Way was just one galaxy among billions -- the view that would p...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393328561
ISBN-10: 0393328562
Publication Date: 6/12/2006
Pages: 256
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: W. W. Norton
Book Type: Paperback
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