
Henrietta Leavitt, How She Loved the ‘Clouds’
Posted by: Nate Smith
Henrietta Leavitt's discovery led to new ways of measuring distances in space.
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Science, Women's History
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Posted by: Nate Smith
Henrietta Leavitt's discovery led to new ways of measuring distances in space.
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Science, Women's History
Posted by: Nate Smith
This blog was written in preparation for Ada Lovelace Day, which occurs every year on the second Tuesday of October and celebrates women in STEM. Augusta Ada Byron, daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron and intellectual Lady Byron (whom Byron once named the “Princess of Parallelograms”), was born in 1815. Shortly after Ada’s birth, …
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Women's History