{"product_id":"9780007548200","title":"The Glass Universe : The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Sobel, Dava \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 02\/11\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780007548200,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves’ The Economist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel returns with a captivating, little-known true story of women in science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Before they even had the right to vote, a group of remarkable women were employed by Harvard College Observatory as ‘Human Computers’ to interpret the observations made via telescope by their male counterparts each night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author of Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter and The Planets shines light on the hidden history of these extraordinary women who changed the burgeoning field of astronomy and our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57689120571765,"sku":"9780007548200","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780007548200.jpg?v=1792748493","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780007548200","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}