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Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond: The Life of Astronomer Vera Rubin

byAshley Yeager

Focused on the Life of Astronomer Vera Rubin, Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond brings Ashley Yeager's biographical portrait to a complex and consequential subject. Its account follows central actors and turning points while showing how the story reflects questions in the connected fields of biography & autobiography and science. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant.

Publisher

The MIT Press

Publication date

Aug 17, 2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

248

ISBN

9780262046121