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The women of the moon : tales of science, love, sorrow, and courage
- Title
- The women of the moon : tales of science, love, sorrow, and courage / Daniel R. Altschuler, Fernando J. Ballesteros.
- Author
- Altschuler, Daniel R.
- Publication
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Ballesteros, Fernando J.
- Description
- x, 299 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Detailed accounts of the lives and achievements of the 28 women who each have a crater on the Moon named in their honour"--Provided by publisher.
- Alternative Title
- Tales of science, love, sorrow, and courage
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Understanding the Moon -- Lunar Nomenclature -- Women of the Moon. Hypatia of Alexandria (355 or 370-415) -- Catherine of Alexandria (c.287-c.305) -- Nicole-Reine de la Briere Lepaute (1723-1788) -- Caroline Lucretia Herschel (1750-1848) -- Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780-1872) -- Anne Sheepshanks (1789-1876) -- Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816-1900) -- Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) -- Agnes Mary Clerke (1842-1907) -- Sofia Vasílyevna Kovalévskaya (1850-1891) -- Annie Scott Dill Russell Maunder (1868-1947) -- Williamina Paton Fleming (1857-1911) -- Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) -- Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury (1866-1952) -- Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921) -- Mary Adela Blagg (1858-1944) -- Mary Proctor (1862-1957) -- Marie Sklodowska-Curie (1867-1934) -- Lise Meitner (1878-1968) -- Amalie Emmy Noether (1882-1935) -- Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888-1970) -- Priscilla Fairfield Bok (1896-1975) -- Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) -- Judith Arlene Resnik (1949-1986) -- Sharon Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986) -- Kalpana Chawla (1962-2003) -- Laurel Blair Salton Clark (1961-2003) -- Valentina Vladímirovna Nikolayeva Tereshkova (1937- ) -- Appendices: The moon ; The tides.
- Call Number
- JFD 20-2372
- ISBN
- 9780198844419
- 0198844417
- LCCN
- 2019937067
- OCLC
- 1082354804
- Author
- Altschuler, Daniel R., author.
- Title
- The women of the moon : tales of science, love, sorrow, and courage / Daniel R. Altschuler, Fernando J. Ballesteros.
- Publisher
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO. TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH.
- Added Author
- Ballesteros, Fernando J., author.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 20-2372