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Great Minds: Henrietta Leavitt & the Human Computers
- Published_at:2012-12-25
- Category:Education
- Channel:scishow
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- description: Henrietta Swan Leavitt was one of a number of volunteer women astronomers who were allowed to serve as "computers" at Harvard College Observatory, doing tedious work male scientists wouldn't do, and ultimately making a discovery now known as Leavitt's Law, which allows us to measure the distance to stars. Like SciShow: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow: http://www.twitter.com/scishow References for this episode can be found in the Google document here: http://dft.ba/-3f62
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