The Glass Universe
2017-02-12T10:30:17-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvOWVkXC8yMDE3MDEzMDAxMDczNzAwMl9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Dava Sobel talked about her book, The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars, about women who worked for the Harvard College Observatory, studying glass photographs of the stars. They developed a system to classify and measure stars that is still in use today. Ms. Sobel is the author of many other books, including The Planets and Galileo’s Daughter.
Dava Sobel talked about her book, The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars, about women w… read more
Dava Sobel talked about her book, The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars, about women who worked for the Harvard College Observatory, studying glass photographs of the stars. They developed a system to classify and measure stars that is still in use today. Ms. Sobel is the author of many other books, including The Planets and Galileo’s Daughter. close
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