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Vera Rubin : A Life by Jacqueline Mitton; Simon Mitton; Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Vera Rubin : A Life about?

A Physics Today Best Book of the Year The first biography of a pioneering scientist who made significant contributions to our understanding of dark matter and championed the advancement of women in science. One of the great lingering mysteries of the universe is dark matter. Scientists are not sure what it is, but most believe it's out there, and in abundance. The astronomer who finally convinced many of them was Vera Rubin. When Rubin died in 2016, she was regarded as one of the most influential astronomers of her era. Her research on the rotation of spiral galaxies was groundbreaking, and her observations contributed significantly to the confirmation of dark matter, a most notable achievement. In Vera Rubin: A Life, prolific science writers Jacqueline Mitton and Simon Mitton provide a detailed, accessible overview of Rubin's work, showing how she leveraged immense curiosity, profound intelligence, and novel technologies to help transform our understanding of the cosmos. But Rubin's impact was not limited to her contributions to scientific knowledge. She also helped to transform scientific practice by promoting the careers of women researchers. Not content to be an inspiration

Who reads Vera Rubin : A Life?

Author

Jacqueline Mitton; Simon Mitton; Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Publisher

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674259362

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Memoir, History