Maria Mitchell, the first widely recognized American woman scientist, gained international acclaim after discovering a comet in 1847. As Vassar College’s first astronomy professor, she advanced ...
Denice D. Denton, chancellor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has won the 2006 Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award, a prestigious national recognition of exceptional work that advances ...
On Oct. 1, 1847, at age 29, Maria Mitchell, a studious and sturdy Quaker who, as a child, began sweeping the sky above Nantucket, Mass., with a telescope, became America’s first scientist to discover ...
My daughter, Karen, recently asked if I was familiar with Maria Mitchell, America’s first female astronomer. I’d heard of her, yet confessed knowing little about her — but Karen’s question stirred my ...
Article ‘Count’ and ‘Share’ for Maria Mitchell Observatory based on listed parameters only. The articles listed below published by authors from Maria Mitchell Observatory, organized by journal and ...
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