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Mabel Armstrong

Teoksen Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars tekijä

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Sukupuoli
female
Kansalaisuus
USA
Asuinpaikat
Oregon, USA
Koulutus
(Chemistry)
Ammatit
author
Chemistry teacher

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Tämä arvostelu kirjoitettiin LibraryThingin Varhaisia arvostelijoita varten.
This book presents short biographies of women astronomers from ancient times through to the modern era. Aimed at young adults (fifth grade through junior high, perhaps), this book presents the advancements of women in the astronomical sciences. It is well details with a lot of interesting sidebars and data, and is well suited to its aim of inspiring other young women to see what they can achieve in the field.

My one complaint is that the book seems to be very western centric with fe references to women astronomers outside of the United States and Europe. That may be because women astronomers outside the west are few and not as well known, but I would have liked to have seen more multicultural faces.… (lisätietoja)
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andreablythe | 10 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Oct 29, 2009 |
Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com

In this comprehensive study of the life and contributions of women astronomers throughout the ages, author Mabel Armstrong shows that she has truly done her research. Filled with great photographs, interesting sidebars, and fun timelines, WOMEN ASTRONOMERS: REACHING FOR THE STARS gives information on twenty-one influential female astronomers.

Included are:

EnHeduanna: Chief Astronomer of the Moon Goddess of the City
Hypatia of Alexandria: Astronomer, Engineer, Physicist, Inventor
Hildegard of Bingen: Heard the music of the spheres
Caroline Herschel: She and her brother revolutionized the study of astronomy
Marla Mitchell: The most famous American astronomer of her time
Williamina Stevens Fleming: Founding mother of the Harvard women astronomers
Annie Jump Cannon: Built a star catalog of more than 350,000 stars
Henrietta Swan Leavitt: Discovered a way to measure distances between stars
Antonia Caetana Maury: Developed a new system for classifying stars
Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin: Called the most brilliant astronomer of her generation
Helen Sawyer Hogg: Canada's favorite astronomer for fifty years
Margaret Burbidge: Described the way chemical elements form in stars
Nancy Roman: Pioneered radio astronomy and orbiting observatories
Beatrice Tinsley: A brilliant career cut tragically short
Jocelyn Bell Burnell: Discovered quasars
Margaret Geller: Found structure in the Universe
Carolyn Shoemaker: Looks for comets that threaten Earth
Sally Ride: Astrophysicist and first U.S. woman in space
Jill Tartar: Searches for extra-terrestrial life
Wendy Freedman: Builds big telescopes and settles Hubble Constant

Spanning in time from around 2350 BCE to the present, this is a book that's perfect for anyone interested in astronomy, but especially young girls. They'll be sure to find plenty of wonderful information and inspiration within the pages of this book, which can only be a good thing.
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GeniusJen | 10 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Oct 13, 2009 |
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This is an excellent book whose intended audience is young women, I'd say rough ages 12 through 20. However, it is still an engaging and interesting read for men and women alike, regardless of their age.

If you enjoy reading about history, this gives some brief glimpses of what astronomy was in ancient or medieval times, but most of the focus of the book is in the last 300 years.

It was simultaneously surprising (and not surprising) that save two, I never heard of the women astronomers chronicled in this book. Hildegard I knew from her interests in linguistics, and I of course knew of the astronaut Sally Ride...although I hadn't been really aware of her being a scientist, as that was overshadowed by her astronaut status. As a result, I learned about 22 people who made significant contributions to the science of astronomy.

I feel the book does an excellent job of presenting the (often herculean!) challenges in their pursuit of a career in astronomy. The book presents these challenges in a clear manner, without being aggressive or whiny, a trap that some authors fail to avoid. It was a pretty clear reminder to me how difficult it has been (still is?) for women to have careers in science. One anecdote that sticks in my mind is Vera Rubin's application to Swarthmore College being rejected: "The Swarthmore admissions officer suggested she find a more ladylike career than astronomy."

The book includes some excellent sidebars on astronomy, presenting some introduction to the science and some of the wide range of topics that astronomy covers. Some was new to me, despite having one semester of astronomy in college.

I have only one complaint about the book. When arranging the sidebars, the arrangement is somewhat haphazard, and the "flow" of reading is interrupted inappropriately. I learned to ignore the sidebars (some of whom you can't quite call a sidebar since they take an entire page) and come back to them, otherwise my flow of understanding of the text I was reading was lost. The sidebars themselves were great, but their arrangement needed to have been better.

A good read. If you have an interest in astronomy, history, or women's history in particular, I recommend the book. It'd be an excellent jumping off point to study further in any number of directions.

arrangement flaws.
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feaelin | 10 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Aug 8, 2009 |
Tämä arvostelu kirjoitettiin LibraryThingin Varhaisia arvostelijoita varten.
Books about astronomers abound, but few deal exclusively with women stargazers. The short biographies in this volume introduce young readers to women (from ancient Greece to modern times) whose interest in the skies overcame cultural and educational obstacles to record observations, compile star catalogs, and make discoveries.

The writing was sometimes a distraction (e.g. It's somewhat jarring to read a present tense account of a woman living two centuries ago) but the collection of previously unfamiliar names was refreshing.

Find more of my reviews at Mostly NF.
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benjfrank | 10 muuta kirja-arvostelua | May 19, 2008 |

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Teokset
2
Jäseniä
42
Suosituimmuussija
#357,757
Arvio (tähdet)
4.2
Kirja-arvosteluja
11
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3