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Edward Pickering and His Women Computers
Lisa Yount
其他書名
Analyzing the Stars
出版
Facts On File, Incorporated
, 2012-01-31
主題
Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / General
Science / Space Science / Astronomy
Science / Physics / Astrophysics
ISBN
1604136642
9781604136647
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=edQTTwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
In the 42 years that Edward Pickering directed the Harvard College Observatory, he and his team of women "computers" made strides in promoting the new field of astrophotography, discovered the first spectroscopic binary star system, and cataloged more than 225,000 stars. Pickering hired women such as Henrietta Leavitt, who found a way to measure the distances to faraway stars, and Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, whose later work became the foundation for astrophysics, to process astronomical data gathered at the observatory. The advances these women made under Pickering's direction broadened the window of professional opportunity for women as well as our greater understanding of the universe. This new title highlights the lives of Pickering and his women "computers."
