AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR
'A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves' The Economist
#1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel returns with a captivating, little-known true story of women in science
Before they even had the right to vote, a group of remarkable women were employed by Harvard College Observatory as 'Human Computers' to interpret the observations made via telescope by their male counterparts each night.
The author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter and The Planets shines light on the hidden history of these extraordinary women who changed the burgeoning field of astronomy and our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.
| ISBN: | 9780007548200 |
| Publication date: | 2nd November 2017 |
| Author: | Dava Sobel |
| Publisher: | 4th Estate an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: science, technology and medicine Feminism and feminist theory True stories of discovery Space science Popular astronomy and space Impact of science and technology on society History of science Astronomy, space and time |