Article ID: CBB125804751

Ad astra per aspera: From the Sewers of Kansas to Harvard College Observatory (2024)

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Owen Gingerich’s previously unpublished autobiographical sketch of his astronomical education, from his teenage years up through graduate school at Harvard, is presented with an introduction and notes by the editors.

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Authors & Contributors
DeVorkin, David H.
Hoffleit, Dorrit
Bartolucci, Jorge
Conklin, Nan Dieter
Contopoulos, George
Dick, Steven J.
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Mexican Studies
Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari: Studies in Ottoman Science
Technology and Culture
Publishers
American Association of Variable Star Observers
Harvard University Press
Kluwer Academic
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
The MIT Press
Concepts
Astronomy
Women in science
Autobiographies
Astronomical observatories
Science education and teaching
Photography, astronomical
People
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia
Hoffleit, Dorrit
Leavitt, Henrietta Swan
Cannon, Annie Jump
Conant, James Bryant
Conklin, Nan Dieter
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
Places
Massachusetts (U.S.)
United States
Great Britain
Mexico
Texas (U.S.)
Greece
Institutions
Harvard University
Harvard College Observatory
Universiteit Leiden
University of Pennsylvania
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Smithsonian Institution
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