14: A Star Is Born
The Supermassive Podcast
Cecilia Payne: Discovering the Composition of Stars
This chapter explores the groundbreaking work of Cecilia Payne, who analyzed spectrograms of starlight and discovered the prevalence of hydrogen in stars. It also highlights the challenges she faced as a woman in a male-dominated field.
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