Vera Rubin: A Life

by Simon Mitton and Jacqueline Mitton

Book Overview

A Physics Today Best Book of the Year

The first biography of a pioneering scientist who made significant contributions to our understanding of dark matter and championed the advancement of women in science.

One of the great lingering mysteries of the universe is dark matter. Scientists are not sure what it is, but most believe it's out there, and in abundance. The astronomer who finally convinced many of them...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067491919X
• ISBN13: 9780674919198
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"