George Johnson - Miss Leavitt's Stars

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Radcliffe-educated Henrietta Swan Leavitt, fighting ill health and progressive deafness, stumbled upon a new law that allowed astronomers to use variable stars--those whose brightness rhythmically changes--as a cosmic yardstick. This is both a masterly account of how the universe is measured and the moving story of a neglected genius.