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Best Of: The Highest of All Ceilings, Astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

Lost Women of Science

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Cecilia Payne's Revolutionary Discoveries and Struggles

This chapter explores Cecilia Payne's groundbreaking discovery of stellar composition, challenging scientific norms in 1924. It also delves into her personal struggles, including financial difficulties, gender discrimination, and her impactful collaboration with astronomer Sergei Koposkin at the Harvard Observatory.

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