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At the turn of the century, Radcliffe grad Henrietta Swan Leavitt worked as a number cruncher in the Harvard Observatory. In Miss Leavitt’s Stars, George Johnson reveals the little-known story of how she figured out a way to measure the universe while she was there.

Events:
George Johnson will be speaking on:
Monday, November 21st at 7:30pm
Hayden Planetarium
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park W at 79th Street

Tuesday, November 22nd at 7:30pm
Rutherford Observatory
Columbia University
Astronomy Department
Pupin Hall
550 W. 120th Street

Music: Music from the Soundtrack of “Naqoyqatsi”: #2 “Primacy of Number,” and #5 “Religion.”