Miss Leavitt's Stars
The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe
By George Johnson
(W. W. Norton & Company, Hardcover, 9780393051285, 176pp.)
Publication Date: June 2005
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback (June 2006)
Categories: History, Astronomy - Universe
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Description
Radcliffe-educated Henrietta Swan Leavitt, fighting ill health and progressive deafness, stumbled upon a new law that allowed astronomers to use variable stars--those whose brightness rhythmically changes--as a cosmic yardstick. This is both a masterly account of how the universe is measured and the moving story of a neglected genius.
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