The fire of stars : the life and brilliance of the woman who discovered what stars are made of
(2023)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Chronicle Books LLC, 2023
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781797205595 MWT15474289, 1797205595 15474289
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Astronomer and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne was the first person to discover what burns at the heart of stars. But she didn't start out as the groundbreaking scientist she would eventually become. She started out as a girl full of curiosity, hoping one day to unlock the mysteries of the universe. With lyrical, evocative text by Kirsten W. Larson and extraordinary illustrations by award-winning illustrator Katherine Roy, this moving biography powerfully parallels the kindling of Cecilia Payne's own curiosity and her scientific career with the process of a star's birth, from mere possibility in an expanse of space to an eventual, breathtaking explosion of light
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