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The Sky Is for Everyone
Women Astronomers in Their Own WordsBy Unknown AuthorNarrated by Marnie Chesterton, Kate Harper, Kaliswa Brewster, Pooneh Ghoddoosi, Katherine Fenton
Length16h 38m
About this audiobook
This inspiring audiobook shares the stories of trailblazing women astronomers from around the globe
Features a prelude, chapter introductions, and postlude read by Kaliswa Brewster
With additional narration by Marnie Chesterton, Katherine Fenton, Pooneh Ghoddoosi, and Kate Harper
The Sky Is for Everyone is an internationally diverse collection of autobiographical narratives by women who broke down barriers and changed the face of modern astronomy. This audiobook vividly describes how, before 1900, a woman who wanted to study the stars had to have a father, brother, or husband to provide entry, and how the considerable intellectual skills of women astronomers were still not enough to enable them to pry open doors of opportunity for much of the twentieth century. After decades of difficult struggles, women are closer to equality in astronomy than ever before. Here are the stories of the tough and determined women who flung the doors wide open. Taking readers from 1960 to today, this triumphant anthology serves as an inspiration to current and future generations of women scientists while giving voice to the history of a transformative era in astronomy.
With contributions by Neta Bahcall, Beatriz Barbuy, Ann Merchant Boesgaard, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Catherine Cesarsky, Poonam Chandra, Xuefei Chen, Yilen Gómez Maqueo Chew, Cathie Clarke, Judith Gamora Cohen, France Anne Córdova, Anne Pyne Cowley, Bożena Czerny, Wendy L. Freedman, Gabriela González, Saeko S. Hayashi, Martha Patricia Haynes, Roberta Humphreys, Vicky Kalogera, Gillian Knapp, Shazrene S. Mohamed, Carole Mundell, Priyamvada Natarajan, Dara Norman, Hiranya Peiris, Judith Lynn Pipher, Dina Prialnik, Anneila I. Sargent, Sara Seager, Gražina Tautvaišienė, Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Virginia Trimble, Meg Urry, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Patricia Ann Whitelock, Sidney Wolff, and Rosemary F. G. Wyse.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature, Biography and Memoir
Length16 hrs 38 mins
Narrated byMarnie Chesterton, Kate Harper, Kaliswa Brewster, Pooneh Ghoddoosi, Katherine Fenton
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 21, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Anno, Prelude
22Chapter 21 , Ewine F. van Dishoeck (PhD, 1984): Building a Worldwide Astrochemistry Community
2Chapter 1, Anne Pyne Cowley (PhD, 1963): Navigating My Life with the Stars
23Chapter 22, Wendy L. Freedman (PhD, 1984): My Astronomical Journey
3Chapter 2, Ann Merchant Boesgaard (PhD, 1966): Making Things Work
24Chapter 23 , Meg Urry (PhD, 1984): The Gentlemen and Me
4Chapter 3, Sidney Wolff (PhD, 1966): Changing the Landscape
25Chapter 24 , Cathie Clarke (PhD, 1987): An Astronomer (Not a Pirate!) of Penzance
5Chapter 4 , Jocelyn Bell Burnell (PhD, 1968): Kites Rise against the Wind
26Chapter 25 , Saeko S. Hayashi (PhD, 1987): From Six Meters to Thirty Meters, Ever Expanding Horizons
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6Chapter 5 , Virginia Trimble (PhD, 1968): Breaking through the Telescopic Glass Ceiling
27Chapter 26 , Gražina Tautvaišienė (PhD, 1988): The Unfading Joy of Being an Astronomer
7Chapter 6 , Roberta M. Humphreys (PhD, 1969): Be Your Own Advocate
28Chapter 27 , Carole Mundell (PhD, 1995): Inspired by a Maths Dress
8Chapter 7, Silvia Torres-Peimbert (PhD, 1969): An Astronomer in Mexico
29Chapter 28 , Gabriela (Gaby) González (PhD, 1995): Gravitational Love
9Chapter 8 , Neta A. Bahcall (PhD, 1970): My Life in Astronomy
30Chapter 29 , Vicky Kalogera (PhD, 1997): Not Taking "No" for an Answer: Learning How to Persist and Persevere with a Smile
10Chapter 9 , Catherine Cesarsky (PhD, 1971): Equations, Satellites, and Telescopes
31Chapter 30 , Priyamvada Natarajan (PhD, 1999): Adventures Mapping the Dark Universe
11Chapter 10 , Judith ( Judy) Gamora Cohen (PhD, 1971): A Long and Winding Road
32Chapter 31 , Dara J. Norman (PhD, 1999): On Becoming an Astronomer and Advancing Science
12Chapter 11, Judith Lynn Pipher (PhD, 1971): Taking Advantage of Opportunity
33Chapter 32, Sara Seager (PhD, 1999): Adventures in the Search for Other Earths
13Chapter 12, Gillian ( Jill) Knapp (PhD, 1972): Princeton 1984
34Chapter 33, Hiranya Peiris (PhD, 2003): From Serendip to Serendipity
14Chapter 13, Patricia Ann Whitelock (PhD, 1976): The Southern Half of the Sky
35Chapter 34 , Poonam Chandra (PhD, 2005): A Train to the Stars
15Chapter 14 , Anneila I. Sargent (PhD, 1977): A Long Way for a Wee Lassie
36Chapter 35 , Xuefei Chen (PhD, 2005): Staring at the Stars
16Chapter 15 , Martha P. Haynes (PhD, 1978): Hands-on Adventures with Telescopes: From the Backyard to Cerro Chajnantor
37Chapter 36 , Shazrene S. Mohamed (PhD, 2009): The Sky Is for Everyone
17Chapter 16, France Anne Córdova (PhD, 1979): The Learn'd Astronomer Discovers the Policy World
38Chapter 37 , Yilen Gómez Maqueo Chew (PhD, 2010): Flipping Tables from the Sonoran Desert to the Stars
18Chapter 17, Dina Prialnik (PhD, 1980): From Stars to Comets and Back
39Chapter 38 , Postlude
19Chapter 18 , Beatriz Barbuy (PhD, 1982): From Stargazing the Southern Cross to Probing the Depths of the History of the Milky Way
40Beginnings
20Chapter 19 , Rosemary (Rosie) F. G. Wyse (PhD, 1983): A Journey through Space and Time
41Beginnings - Continued, Closing Annos
21Chapter 20 , Bożena Czerny (PhD, 1984): A Fortunate Sequence of Events
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