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an astronaut's story of invention
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Sullivan, Kathryn D.
- Publish Year
- 2019
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 2019
- Thesaurus
- astronauten, pioniers, astronomie, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw, biografische gegevens
- Description
- Retired astronaut Kathryn Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, describes her work on the NASA team. She recounts how she and other astronauts, engineers, and scientists launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained Hubble Space Telescope. Because in-flight repair and upgrade was part of the plan, NASA was able to fix a serious defect in Hubble’s mirrors—leaving literal and metaphorical “handprints on Hubble”.. .Also Sullivan chronicles her early life as a “Sputnik Baby”, her path to NASA through oceanography, and her initiation into the space program as one of “thirty-five new guys”. She was also one of the first six women to join NASA’s storied astronaut corps.
tales of science, love, sorrow, and courage
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Altschuler, Daniel R.
- Creator
- Ballesteros, Fernando J.
- Creator
- Sobel, Dava > (forew.)
- Publish Year
- 2019
- Shelfmark
- WER 9 2019 - B
- Thesaurus
- astronomie, astronauten, wetenschappelijke beroepen, wiskunde, bètawetenschappen, internationaal, biografische gegevens
- Description
- The Moon, or more precisely the nomenclature of lunar craters, still holds up a mirror to an important aspect of human history. Of the 1586 craters that have been named honoring philosophers and scientists, only 28 honor a woman. These 28 women of the Moon present us with an opportunity to meditate on this gap, but perhaps more significantly, they offer us an opportunity to talk about their lives, mostly unknown today.
reaching for the stars
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Armstrong, Mabel
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- WER 53 2008 - B
- Description
- This volume introduces significant women in astronomy, beginning with EnHeduanna, a Babylonian Chief Astronomer Priestess who lived around 2350 BCE, and Hypatia of Alexandria, a renowned fifth-century Greek scholar. Nineteen subsequent chapters, featuring scientists that include the first American to have discovered a comet and a designer of the Hubble space telescope, span the gap between ancient times and the present day. With the exception of Sally Ride, the subjects are not well known, but their achievements are notable. Other women astronomers are profiled briefly in sidebars. Photos and other images appear throughout the book, which is also brightened by tan and gold highlights. A worthy addition to science collections, this well-documented collective biography not only fills gaps in existing books on astronomers but also offers engaging accounts of the women’s careers as well as unusually clear explanations of what they achieved and why each discovery was important.
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