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The universe through a glass darkly

27 Apr 2017 Tushna Commissariat
Taken from the April 2017 issue of Physics World

Tushna Commissariat reviews The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars by Dava Sobel

Harvard Observatory staff in 1918, including Henrietta Leavitt (sixth from left) and Annie Jump Cannon (third from right)
Women of the stars: Harvard Observatory staff in 1918, including Henrietta Leavitt (sixth from left) and Annie Jump Cannon (third from right). (Courtesy: Harvard University Archives)
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