a book AND a play about Harvard College Observatory women

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Thu, 09/28/2017 - 20:35

If you're in the Boston area, there are several October events in Lowell of interest to VSOers.

10/3 author Dava Sobel will discuss her book, The Glass Universe, about the forgotten women astronomers of Harvard Observatory.

10/21 Harvard College Observatory staff will talk about the extensive photographic plate collection.

10-18 - 11/12 Merrimack Repertory Theater production of Silent Sky, about the life of Henrietta Leavitt. http://www.mrt.org/show/silent-sky

It's a stellar conjunction!

a book AND a play about Harvard College Observatory women

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