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At the turn of the 20th century, years before women had the right to vote, Henrietta Leavitt was determined to reach for the stars through her passion for astronomy. Known as “the woman who ...

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Silent Sky follows the true story of 19th Century scientist Henrietta Leavitt, whose breakthroughs in astronomy profoundly impacted the way we see the universe.

Por ejemplo, Maria Mitchell logró fama mundial por descubrir un cometa (1847) y fue profesora de astronomía en Vassar College (1865–88). Henrietta Swan Leavitt descubrió la relación ...