The Sky Is for Everyone Audiobook Libro.fm

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This inspiring audiobook shares the stories of trailblazing women astronomers from around the globeFeatures a prelude chapter introductions and postlude read by Kaliswa BrewsterWith additional narration by Marnie Chesterton Katherine Fenton Pooneh Ghoddoosi and Kate HarperThe 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 astronomyWith contributions by Neta Bahcall Beatriz Barbuy Ann Merchant Boesgaard Jocelyn Bell Burnell Catherine Cesarsky Poonam Chandra Xuefei Chen Yilen Gmez Maqueo Chew Cathie Clarke Judith Gamora Cohen France Anne Crdova Anne Pyne Cowley Boena Czerny Wendy L Freedman Gabriela Gonzlez 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 Graina Tautvaiien Silvia TorresPeimbert Virginia Trimble Meg Urry Ewine F van Dishoeck Patricia Ann Whitelock Sidney Wolff and Rosemary F G Wyse