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Author(s) -
Mary T. Brück
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2009.50438.x
Subject(s) - astrobiology , astronomy , geology , history , computer science , physics
Mary Brück's historical survey is the second RAS Series publication, and one that gives an insight into the different roles taken by women astronomers: original thinkers, computers, educators, and entrepreneurs. In this extract from the chapter “The Labyrinths of Heaven”, we find out how Maria Short (c1788–1869) came to own and operate an observatory open to the public in the mid‐19th century.