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The Scientific Odyssey

Episode 3.37.1: Supplemental: The Harvard Calculators, Part 1

Jul 9, 2017
52:47

In the first part of a multi episode series, we look at the lives of two very different women.  Williamina Fleming and Antonia Maury both made significant contributions to the field of stellar spectroscopy by developing classification systems to better understand the light from stars but their different backgrounds and training meant that they understood the role of being a calculator very differently.

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