Daniel R. Altschuler (Full Professor, Physics Department, Full Prof, Fernando J. Ballesteros (Head of instrumen Head of instrumentation
The Women of the Moon
Tales of Science, Love, Sorrow, and Courage
Daniel R. Altschuler (Full Professor, Physics Department, Full Prof, Fernando J. Ballesteros (Head of instrumen Head of instrumentation
The Women of the Moon
Tales of Science, Love, Sorrow, and Courage
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Of the 1586 lunar craters that have been named to honor scientists and philosophers, only 28 honor a woman. Who were these women? This book recounts their exemplary lives and inspiring achievements. Along the way, the book explains some of the science, and provides interesting facts about the Moon.
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Of the 1586 lunar craters that have been named to honor scientists and philosophers, only 28 honor a woman. Who were these women? This book recounts their exemplary lives and inspiring achievements. Along the way, the book explains some of the science, and provides interesting facts about the Moon.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Seitenzahl: 336
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2019
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 221mm x 141mm x 30mm
- Gewicht: 570g
- ISBN-13: 9780198844419
- ISBN-10: 0198844417
- Artikelnr.: 55187611
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Seitenzahl: 336
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2019
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 221mm x 141mm x 30mm
- Gewicht: 570g
- ISBN-13: 9780198844419
- ISBN-10: 0198844417
- Artikelnr.: 55187611
Daniel Altschuler Stern is a professor in the Physics Department of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. In 1991, he was appointed Senior Research Associate at Cornell University and Director of the Arecibo Observatory, a post he held for 13 years. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Max Planck institute for Radio Astronomy, and a UNESCO fellow at the University of Valencia. His research centered on radio astronomy, in particular on active galactic nuclei and hydrogen in galaxies. In 2010, he received the Andrew Gemant Award from the American Institute of Physics (AIP) for his science outreach work. Altschuler Stern is the author of Children of the Stars, published by Cambridge University Press and translated into Spanish and Italian. His latest book is Contra la Simpleza, Sciencia y Pseudociencia. ; Fernando Ballesteros Rosello is Head of Instrumentation at the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Valencia. He worked on the design of the gamma-ray space telescope INTEGRAL (ESA), in orbit around the earth. Currently his research centers on astrobiology and exoplanets. In 2006 he was awarded the European Prize for Scientific Outreach, Estudi General, for his book E.T. Talk: How Will We Communicate with Intelligent Life on Other Worlds? and the Bronze Prism award in 2016 for his book, Fractales y caos. La aventura de la complejidad. He is the author of over ten other books, including: Astrobiologia, un puente entre el Big Bang y la vida and 10.000 anos mirando estrellas. He was co-host of the Spanish National Radio program The Sounds of Science and regularly publishes science outreach articles in the press.
Understanding the Moon; Lunar Nomenclature; 1 Hypatia of Alexandria (355 or 370
415); 2 Catherine of Alexandria (~287
~305); 3 Nicole
Reine de la Briere Lepaute (1723
1788); 4 Caroline Lucretia Herschel (1750
1848); 5 Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780
1872); 6 Anne Sheepshanks (1789
1876); 7 Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816
1900); 8 Maria Mitchell (1818
1889); 9 Agnes Mary Clerke (1842
1907); 10 Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850
1891); 11 Annie Scott Dill Russell Maunder (1868
1947); 12 Williamina Paton Fleming (1857
1911); 13 Annie Jump Cannon (1863
1941); 14 Antonia Maury (1866
1952); 15 Henrietta Leavitt (1868
1921); 16 Mary Adela Blagg (1858
1944); 17 Mary A. Proctor (1862
1957); 18 Marie Sk?odowska
Curie (1867
1934); 19 Lise Meitner (1878
1968); 20 Amalie Emmy Noether (1882
1935); 21 Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888
1970); 22 Priscilla Fairfield Bok (1896
1975); 23 Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896
1957); 24 Judith Arlene Resnik (1949
1986); 25 Sharon Christa McAuliffe (1948
1986); 26 Kalpana Chawla (1962
2003); 27 Laurel Blair Salton Clark (1961
2003); 28 Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolayeva Tereshkova (1937
)
415); 2 Catherine of Alexandria (~287
~305); 3 Nicole
Reine de la Briere Lepaute (1723
1788); 4 Caroline Lucretia Herschel (1750
1848); 5 Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780
1872); 6 Anne Sheepshanks (1789
1876); 7 Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816
1900); 8 Maria Mitchell (1818
1889); 9 Agnes Mary Clerke (1842
1907); 10 Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850
1891); 11 Annie Scott Dill Russell Maunder (1868
1947); 12 Williamina Paton Fleming (1857
1911); 13 Annie Jump Cannon (1863
1941); 14 Antonia Maury (1866
1952); 15 Henrietta Leavitt (1868
1921); 16 Mary Adela Blagg (1858
1944); 17 Mary A. Proctor (1862
1957); 18 Marie Sk?odowska
Curie (1867
1934); 19 Lise Meitner (1878
1968); 20 Amalie Emmy Noether (1882
1935); 21 Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888
1970); 22 Priscilla Fairfield Bok (1896
1975); 23 Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896
1957); 24 Judith Arlene Resnik (1949
1986); 25 Sharon Christa McAuliffe (1948
1986); 26 Kalpana Chawla (1962
2003); 27 Laurel Blair Salton Clark (1961
2003); 28 Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolayeva Tereshkova (1937
)
Understanding the Moon; Lunar Nomenclature; 1 Hypatia of Alexandria (355 or 370
415); 2 Catherine of Alexandria (~287
~305); 3 Nicole
Reine de la Briere Lepaute (1723
1788); 4 Caroline Lucretia Herschel (1750
1848); 5 Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780
1872); 6 Anne Sheepshanks (1789
1876); 7 Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816
1900); 8 Maria Mitchell (1818
1889); 9 Agnes Mary Clerke (1842
1907); 10 Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850
1891); 11 Annie Scott Dill Russell Maunder (1868
1947); 12 Williamina Paton Fleming (1857
1911); 13 Annie Jump Cannon (1863
1941); 14 Antonia Maury (1866
1952); 15 Henrietta Leavitt (1868
1921); 16 Mary Adela Blagg (1858
1944); 17 Mary A. Proctor (1862
1957); 18 Marie Sk?odowska
Curie (1867
1934); 19 Lise Meitner (1878
1968); 20 Amalie Emmy Noether (1882
1935); 21 Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888
1970); 22 Priscilla Fairfield Bok (1896
1975); 23 Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896
1957); 24 Judith Arlene Resnik (1949
1986); 25 Sharon Christa McAuliffe (1948
1986); 26 Kalpana Chawla (1962
2003); 27 Laurel Blair Salton Clark (1961
2003); 28 Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolayeva Tereshkova (1937
)
415); 2 Catherine of Alexandria (~287
~305); 3 Nicole
Reine de la Briere Lepaute (1723
1788); 4 Caroline Lucretia Herschel (1750
1848); 5 Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780
1872); 6 Anne Sheepshanks (1789
1876); 7 Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816
1900); 8 Maria Mitchell (1818
1889); 9 Agnes Mary Clerke (1842
1907); 10 Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850
1891); 11 Annie Scott Dill Russell Maunder (1868
1947); 12 Williamina Paton Fleming (1857
1911); 13 Annie Jump Cannon (1863
1941); 14 Antonia Maury (1866
1952); 15 Henrietta Leavitt (1868
1921); 16 Mary Adela Blagg (1858
1944); 17 Mary A. Proctor (1862
1957); 18 Marie Sk?odowska
Curie (1867
1934); 19 Lise Meitner (1878
1968); 20 Amalie Emmy Noether (1882
1935); 21 Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888
1970); 22 Priscilla Fairfield Bok (1896
1975); 23 Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896
1957); 24 Judith Arlene Resnik (1949
1986); 25 Sharon Christa McAuliffe (1948
1986); 26 Kalpana Chawla (1962
2003); 27 Laurel Blair Salton Clark (1961
2003); 28 Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolayeva Tereshkova (1937
)