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What stars are made of : the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin / Donovan Moore ; foreword by Jocelyn Bell Burnell

This biography examines the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, the astronomer who first identified the chemical composition of stars. It documents her academic career at Harvard University and her struggle for recognition within the twentieth-century scientific community.

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