The women of the moon : tales of science, love, sorrow, and courage / Daniel R. Altschuler, Fernando J. Ballesteros.
"Detailed accounts of the lives and achievements of the 28 women who each have a crater on the Moon named in their honour"--
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 299 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Understanding the Moon
- Lunar Nomenclature
- Women of the moon
- Hypatia of Alexandria (355 or 370-415)
- Catherine of Alexandria (2̃87-3̃05)
- 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 Maury (1866-1952)
- Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1921)
- Mary Adela Blagg (1858-1944)
- Mary A. 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- ).