Book · 2017 · Science
The glass universe
How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
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They died in poverty, penurious, and a book highlighting their care—Dava Sobel focused on this, right? Called 'The Glass Universe'?
Neil deGrasse Tyson · StarTalk Radio · Nov 2023 Listen at 10:18 The best things said about it
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The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel is a historical nonfiction book that chronicles the groundbreaking contributions of female astronomers at the Harvard Observatory during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. On StarTalk Radio, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Janna Levin discussed Sobel's book while exploring the history of science, emphasizing how the text sheds light on these women who performed vital astronomical calculations yet often lived and died in poverty and obscurity. During the same broadcast, Dava Sobel joined the hosts to discuss her book and its title, correcting details alongside Chuck Nice, who expressed immediate enthusiasm for historical scientific biographies. Across the episode, the speakers used Sobel's work to honor the forgotten pioneers of astronomy who mapped the stars, categorized stellar spectra, and fundamentally transformed our understanding of the universe despite facing systemic barriers in the scientific community.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson They died in poverty, penurious, and a book highlighting their care—Dava Sobel focused on this, right? Call… 2
“They died in poverty, penurious, and a book highlighting their care—Dava Sobel focused on this, right? Called 'The Glass Universe'?”
“and a book highlighting their care Davis Davis soel that's right called the glass ceiling no no the glass Universe glass Universe”
Chuck Nice give buy me the subtitle what was it the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific pro… 1
“give buy me the subtitle what was it the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time oh no I'm buying that book”
Dava Sobel actually it was called the glass Universe the glass un 1
“actually it was called the glass Universe the glass un”
