000291490 000__ 01465cam\a22003614a\45\0 000291490 001__ 291490 000291490 005__ 20210513110435.0 000291490 008__ 050131s2005\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\001\0deng\\ 000291490 010__ $$a 2005002823 000291490 020__ $$a0393051285 000291490 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm57557429 000291490 035__ $$a291490 000291490 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dC#P 000291490 042__ $$apcc 000291490 043__ $$an-us--- 000291490 049__ $$aISEA 000291490 05000 $$aQB807$$b.J64 2005 000291490 08200 $$a522/.09/04$$222 000291490 1001_ $$aJohnson, George,$$d1952 January 20- 000291490 24510 $$aMiss Leavitt's stars :$$bthe untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe /$$cGeorge Johnson. 000291490 250__ $$a1st ed. 000291490 260__ $$aNew York :$$bW.W. Norton,$$cc2005. 000291490 300__ $$axiv, 162 p. :$$bill. ;$$c21 cm. 000291490 440_0 $$aGreat discoveries 000291490 500__ $$a"Atlas books." 000291490 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 149-150) and index. 000291490 5050_ $$aPrologue : the village in the canyon -- Black stars, white nights -- Hunting for variables -- Henrietta's law -- Triangles -- Shapley's ants -- The late, great Milky Way -- In the realm of the nebulae -- The mysterious K -- The cosmic stampede -- Ghost stories -- Epilogue : fire on the mountain. 000291490 60010 $$aLeavitt, Henrietta Swan,$$d1868-1921. 000291490 650_0 $$aAstrometry$$xHistory. 000291490 650_0 $$aAstronomical photometry. 000291490 650_0 $$aAstronomy$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000291490 85200 $$bgen$$hQB807$$i.J64$$i2005 000291490 85641 $$3Table of contents$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip057/2005002823.html 000291490 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:291490$$pGLOBAL_SET 000291490 980__ $$aBIB 000291490 980__ $$aBOOK 000291490 994__ $$aC0$$bISE