What Stars Are Made Of The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

Description: Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Add The Pom Shop to your Favorites and receive our email newsletters about new items and special promotions. General Interest What Stars Are Made Of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Product DescriptionThe history of science is replete with women getting little notice for their groundbreaking discoveries. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, a tireless innovator who correctly theorized the substance of stars, was one of them. It was not easy being a woman of ambition in early twentieth-century England, much less one who wished to be a scientist. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin overcame prodigious obstacles to become a woman of many firsts: the first to receive a PhD in astronomy from Radcliffe College, the first promoted to full professor at Harvard, the first to head a department there. And, in what has been called "the most brilliant PhD thesis ever written in astronomy," she was the first to describe what stars are made of. Payne-Gaposchkin lived in a society that did not know what to make of a determined schoolgirl who wanted to know everything. She was derided in college and refused a degree. As a graduate student, she faced formidable skepticism. Revolutionary ideas rarely enjoy instantaneous acceptance, but the learned men of the astronomical community found hers especially hard to take seriously. Though welcomed at the Harvard College Observatory, she worked for years without recognition or status. Still, she accomplished what every scientist yearns for: discovery. She revealed the atomic composition of stars-only to be told that her conclusions were wrong by the very man who would later show her to be correct. In What Stars Are Made Of, Donovan Moore brings this remarkable woman to life through extensive archival research, family interviews, and photographs. Moore retraces Payne-Gaposchkin's steps with visits to cramped observatories and nighttime bicycle rides through the streets of Cambridge, England. The result is a story of devotion and tenacity that speaks powerfully to our own time.Review'A rich and illuminating biography of a scientist whose contributions have been under appreciated for too long.' -Donna Lu, New Scientist'Male astronomers often achieve a popular fame that eluded one of the field's most distinguished women: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. That should be remedied by Donovan Moore's engaging and accessible biography. It skillfully opens up Payne's achievements and adventures by setting them in the global village of astronomy... Moore illuminates Payne's development into a remarkable scientist. -Giuseppina Fabbiano, Nature'Payne comes across as a fascinating woman, navigating the various gender-based obstacles in her way to build a life and career in a new subject (astrophysics) in a new country... An entertaining, engaging, and informative read.' -Emily Winterburn, BBC Sky at Night'The first full-length biography, a beautifully written and well-researched study. Handling the science with a light but deft touch, Moore primarily focuses on this astronomer's personal life, the office politics, and the struggles one woman of science faced in the first half of the 20th century.' -The Wall Street Journal'Tells the story of a brilliant and altogether remarkable astronomer who is not nearly as famous as she should be. This clear and articulate book may go some way to rectify that situation... We owe a great deal to pioneers such as Cecilia Payne-Gaposhkin, who should be better known and whose achievements should be much more widely celebrated.' -Patricia Ann Whitelock, Nature Astronomy'Payne-Gaposchkin pounded on astronomy's glass ceiling, and she was the first to put major cracks in it. But in many places, the ceiling was impervious to her effort and intellect. She deserves more praise for her accomplishments than she has received... Fortunately, Moore's new biography of this brilliant scientist is a must-read.' -David A. Weintraub, Physics Today'Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin is one of the most important scientists that you've never heard of... Moore pays tribute to a tenacious scientist whose many firsts helped break new ground - and whose spirit of discovery changed our understanding Shipping Shipping is free for all customers in Australia. Your package will be safely taken care of & posted from England by means of Priority Airmail, which is air freighted to your nearest Australia Post Distribution Center (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or Perth), from where they are delivered to your address by Australia Post. Returns and refunds We operate a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are unhappy with the product for whatever reason, please contact us to arrange a return and refund. 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