Henrietta Swan Leavitt Astronomer (4-Jul-1868 12-Dec-1921) SUBJECT OF BOOKS
George Johnson. Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman who Discovered How to Measure the Universe. New York: W.W. Norton. 2005. 162pp.
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