Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

[Macavity]

I could not *immediately* recall the name! But... 😎
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin
But it does read like a who's who of Astronomy! 🙃

[JeremyS]

 Very readable bio: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/48982701

[ollypenrice]

7 hours ago, JeremyS said:

 Very readable bio: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/48982701

Agreed. I had a review copy for Astronomy Now and thought this was a tremendous read - though not one which does any favours to the memory of certain celebrated scientists with mysoginistic tendencies.

Olly

[mikeDnight]

I used to own a lovely book by Cecilia back in the early 80's. It was a weighty, dense work that fascinated me, but at the time was a bit beyond my understanding. I kept it for years and eventually passed it on a few years ago. I wish I'd kept it now! I think I reasoned that much of it would be out of date as our understanding has grown. But that's not really true either, as it seems the more we learn, the less we actually know.

[Captain Scarlet]

Just received my copy this morning, I’m looking forward to it.

M