Look Up!: Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer
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Henrietta Levitt was the first person to discover the scientific importance of a star's brightness--so why has no one heard of her? Learn all about a female pioneer of astronomy in this picture book biography. Henrietta Swan Leavitt was born on July 4, 1868, and she changed the course of astronomy when she was just twenty-five years old. Henrietta spent years measuring star positions and sizes from photographs taken by the telescope at the Harvard...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1416958193
ISBN13:9781416958192
Release Date:February 2013
Publisher:Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Length:32 Pages
Weight:1.02 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 8.9" x 11.4"
Age Range:4 to 8 years
Grade Range:Preschool to Grade 3
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