
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Edwin Hubble is world famous for his discoveries. Henrietta Swan Leavitt is not. Henrietta was on a team that found a way to measure and classify the universe. They were employed as "human computers" (before the machines existed). Dava's book "The Glass Universe" refers to the half million glass slides Henrietta and other women used to document both the northern and southern skies. An inspiring story of collaboration and discovery.
By Dr Karl Kruszelnicki4.2
3636 ratings
Edwin Hubble is world famous for his discoveries. Henrietta Swan Leavitt is not. Henrietta was on a team that found a way to measure and classify the universe. They were employed as "human computers" (before the machines existed). Dava's book "The Glass Universe" refers to the half million glass slides Henrietta and other women used to document both the northern and southern skies. An inspiring story of collaboration and discovery.

74 Listeners

614 Listeners

126 Listeners

78 Listeners

51 Listeners

31 Listeners

852 Listeners

202 Listeners

795 Listeners

131 Listeners

19 Listeners

64 Listeners

254 Listeners

42 Listeners

114 Listeners