Sobel, Dava
Summary: The little-known true story of the unexpected and remarkable contributions to astronomy made by a group of women working in the Harvard College Observatory from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Space SobelBrooke-Hitching, Edward
Summary: "The Sky Atlas unveils some of the most beautiful maps and charts ever created during humankind's quest to map the skies above us. This richly illustrated treasury showcases the finest examples of celestial cartography-a glorious art often overlooked by modern map books-as well as medieval manuscripts, masterpiece paintings, ancient star catalogs, antique instruments, and other curiosities....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2020
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Summary: "The author of the highly acclaimed Founding Gardeners now gives us an enlightening chronicle of the first truly international scientific endeavor--the eighteenth-century quest to observe the transit of Venus and measure the solar system. On June 6, 1761, the world paused to observe a momentous occasion: the first transit of Venus between the earth and the sun in more than a century. Through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2012
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Summary: "Here's what it is about: For tens of thousands of years, the stars were our constant companions. In the glow of today's artificial lighting, when even professional astronomers study the universe by staring at screens rather than through eyepieces, we have forgotten this intimacy with the cosmos. Roberto Trotta is here to remind us: one of our species' most enduring and (literally) universal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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Summary: "Ever since Williamina Fleming was little she was curious, and her childhood fascination with light inspired her life's work. Mina became an astronomer in a time when women were discouraged from even looking through telescopes. Yet Mina believed that the universe, with its billions of stars, was a riddle--and she wanted to help solve it. Mina ultimately helped to create a map of the universe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FLEDaugherty, Tracy
Summary: In 1910, Mary Acworth Evershed (1867-1949) sat on a hill in southern India staring at the moon as she grappled with apparent mistakes in Dante's Divine Comedy. Was Dante's astronomy unintelligible? Or was he, for a man of his time and place, as insightful as one could be about the sky? As the twentieth century began, women who wished to become professional astronomers faced difficult cultural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520.9 DAUHirshfeld, Alan.
Summary: "The path to a broader mode of cosmic observation was blazed by a cadre of nineteenth-century amateur astronomers and inventors, galvanized by the advent of photography, spectral analysis, and innovative technology to create the entirely new field of astrophysics. From William Bond, who turned his home into a functional observatory, to John and Henry Draper, a father and son team who were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellevue Literary Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500.5 HIRAughton, Peter
Summary: Provides the history of astronomy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quercus 2008
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Summary: "If existing models of the structure of the universe are correct, then 85 percent of the cosmos comprises a substance called dark matter. Yet no direct evidence of dark matter exists. Award-winning science journalist Govert Schilling details the quest to detect dark matter and how the search has helped us to understand the universe we inhabit"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2022
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Summary: In vibrant historical detail, American Eclipse animates the fierce jockeying that came to dominate late nineteenth-century American astronomy, revealing the challenges faced by three of the most determined eclipse chasers who participated in this adventure. James Craig Watson, in his day a renowned asteroid hunter; Vassar astronomer Maria Mitchell, who fought to demonstrate that science and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523 BARSummary: "From the discovery of distant galaxies and black holes to the tiny interstices of the atom, here is the very best on physics and astronomy from the New York Times! The newspaper of record has always prided itself on its award-winning science coverage, and these 125 articles from its archives are the very best, covering more than a century of breakthroughs, setbacks, and mysteries. Selected by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: "Readers will want to grab a telescope and explore the night skies after finishing this overview of our solar system. Our solar system consists of eight planets, as well as numerous moons, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. For thousands of years, humansbelieved that Earth was at the center of the Universe, but all of that changed in the 17th century. Astronomers like Nicolaus Copernicus,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523 SABSummary: Probes the twin revolutions in physics and astronomy, and delves into scientists' century-long struggle to discover the fundamental laws of Everything. Includes telescopes, pulsars, the size of the universe, astrophysics, black holes, atoms and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MYSSummary: This collector's set spins an enthralling intergalactic detective story, rich with mystery, unexpected twists and astonishing revelations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV STEOdenwald, Sten F
Summary: "From Galileo's telescope to the International Space Station - a stunningly photo-filled tour through the milestones of space exploration, examining iconic objects from Sputnik to Skylab and their effect on what we know and how we think about space"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520.9 ODEWatson, F. (Fred)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 522.209 WATZimmerman, Robert
Summary: "The Universe in a Mirror" describes the heated battles between scientists and bureaucrats, the perseverance of astronauts to repair and maintain the telescope, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2008
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Summary: Presents a chronicle of humanity's historical, mythological and scientific relationship with the sun, drawing on various world cultures to explore such topics as the religious beliefs of Ancient Egypt, Galileo's early discoveries of sun spots and the modern world's efforts to address global warming.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523 COHBartusiak, Marcia
Summary: From one of the most acclaimed science writers comes a dramatic narrative of the discovery of the true nature and startling size of the universe, delving into the decades of work--by a select group of scientists--that made it possible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520.9 BARFauber, L. S.
Summary: Today we take for granted that a telescope allows us to see galaxies millions of light years away. But before its invention, people used nothing more than their naked eye to fathom what took place in the visible sky. So how did four men in the 1500's—of different nationality, age, religion, and class—collaborate to discover that the Earth revolved around the Sun? With this radical discovery...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520.92 FAUGribbin, John R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 1992
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 522.209 PANSummary: With breath-taking CGI, beautiful landscape footage and some of the world's most important astronomical artifacts, Ancient Skies looks at the cosmos through the eyes of our ancestors, charting our changing views of the cosmos throughout history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019