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Henrietta Leavitt and the end of the universe
Unexplainable
Unexplainable: The Yardstick That Recreated the Universe
This week on Unexplainable, the yardstick that reinvented the universe. In the 1890s, Harvard University was trying to build a comprehensive database of the southern sky. Back then, being a computer paid better than working in the cotton mill and it was actually pretty good job if you were a woman who was interested in science.
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