| Contents |
Understanding the Moon -- Lunar Nomenclature -- Women of the moon -- Hypatia of Alexandria (355 or 370-415) -- Catherine of Alexandria (~287-~305) -- Nicole-Reine de la Briere Lepaute (1723-1788) -- Caroline Lucretia Herschel (1750-1848) -- Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780-1872) -- Anne Sheepshanks (1789-1876) -- Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816-1900) -- Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) -- Agnes Mary Clerke (1842-1907) -- Sofia Vasílyevna Kovalévskaya (1850-1891) -- Annie Scott Dill Russell Maunder (1868-1947) -- Williamina Paton Fleming (1857-1911) -- Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) -- Antonia Maury (1866-1952) -- Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1921) -- Mary Adela Blagg (1858-1944) -- Mary A. Proctor (1862-1957) -- Marie Sklodowska-Curie (1867-1934) -- Lise Meitner (1878-1968) -- Amalie Emmy Noether (1882-1935) -- Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888-1970) -- Priscilla Fairfield Bok (1896-1975) -- Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) -- Judith Arlene Resnik (1949-1986) -- Sharon Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986) -- Kalpana Chawla (1962-2003) -- Laurel Blair Salton Clark (1961-2003) -- Valentina Vladímirovna Nikolayeva Tereshkova (1937- ). |
| Abstract |
"Detailed accounts of the lives and achievements of the 28 women who each have a crater on the Moon named in their honour"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019937067 |
| ISBN | 9780198844419 (hardback) |
