Women in Astronomy: A Comprehensive Bibliography
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Najita, Joan R.
Najita, Cannon Award Winner. In American
Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 82, Oct. 1996: 5. port.
Nash, Ana Gomes
Sheeley, Neil R., and Yi-Ming Wang. Ana Gomes Nash,
1957-1992. In American Astronomical Society. Bulletin,
v. 24, no. 4, 1992: 1329-1330. port.
Neff, Susan G.
Susan G. Neff. In American Astronomical
Society. AAS newsletter, 63, Dec. 1992: 7.
Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy
for the AAS Nominating Committee.
Susan G. Neff. In American Astronomical
Society. AAS newsletter, 78, Dec. 1995: 5.
Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy
for the AAS Nominating Committee.
Neugebauer, Marcia
Neugebauer, Marcia. Pioneers of space physics: a
career in the solar wind. Journal of geophysical research, v. 102,
Dec. 1, 1997: 26887-26894. group port.
References (43): p. 26894.
Neuimina, Mariia Nikolaevna
Deich, Aleksandr N. Mariia Nikolaevna Neuimina. In Problemy
nabliudatelnoi i teoreticheskoi astronomii. [Redaktory: O. A. Melnikov,
V. K. Abalakin] Moskva, 1977. (Seriia Problemy issledovaniia vselennoi,
vyp. 6) p. 264-265. port.
QB51.P92
Nichols, Joy S.
Joy S. Nichols. In American Astronomical
Society. AAS newsletter, 83, Dec. 1996: 10.
Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy
for membership on the U.S. National Committee for the IAU.
Northcott, Ruth Josephine
Broughton, R. Peter. Ruth J. Northcott (1913-1964). In
his Looking up: a history of the Royal Astronomical Society
of Canada. Toronto, Dundurn Press, 1994. p. 79. port.
Other portraits appear elsewhere in the volume, on p. 16 and
153.
A Canadian astronomer. Sky and telescope, v. 38,
Oct. 1969: 211. port.
QB1.S536, v. 38
About Ruth Josephine Northcott.
Heard, John F. Ruth Josephine Northcott. In Royal
Astronomical Society of Canada. Journal, v. 63, Oct. 1969: 225-226.
port.
QB1.R485, v. 63
Nowacki, Helene
Dr. Helene Nowacki. Astronomische Nachrichten, Bd.
294, Heft 4, 1973: 191.
QB1.A77, v. 294
Brief notice of her death.
Frau Hauptobservatorin Dr. H. Nowacki. In Astronomische
Gesellschaft. Mitteilungen. Nr. 28. Jahresberichte astronomischer
Institute für 1969. Hamburg, 1970. p. 65.
Notes her retirement after 40 years' service at the Astronomisches
Rechen-Institut in Heidelberg.
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Oey, Marion S.
The First STScI Institute Fellow: Sally Oey. Space
Telescope Science Institute newsletter, v. 16, June 1999: 16. port.
Hunter, Deidre A., and Philip Massey. Welcome Dr.
Oey. Lowell observer, issue 50, spring 2001: 10. port.
Dr. Oey joined the staff of Lowell Observatory in February
2001.
1999 Cannon Award to M. S. Oey. In American
Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 95, June 1999: 17. port.
Ogir, Maiia Borisovna
Maiia Borisovna Ogir. Izvestiia Krymskoi astrofizicheskoi
observatorii, t. 86, 1992: 211. port.
Olmsted, Margaret
Öpik, Ernst J. Margaret Olmsted (Oct. 30, 1901-July
5, 1967). In memoriam. Irish astronomical journal, v. 8, Mar. 1968:
183-184.
QB1.I753, v. 8
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Padrielli, Lucia
PADRIELLI Lucia. In Who's who in science
in Europe. A biographical guide to science, technology, agriculture,
and medicine. 9th ed. v. 2. [London, Cartermill International;
New York] Stockton [1995] p. 1335.
Q141.W59 1995
Pajdušáková, Ludmila
Bélik, Milan. Vzácne jubileum riaditelky Astronomického ústavu
Slovenske j akadémie vied. Kozmos, roc. 7, jún 1976: 80-81. ports.
QB495.K69, v. 7
Bortle, John E. The forgotten comet hunter of Skalnate
Pleso. Sky & telescope, v. 84, July 1992: 94-95. illus., col. port.
QB1.S536, v. 84
Bouška, Jirí. Zivotni jubileum dr. L. Pajdušáková.
Vesmír, roc. 55, cís. 7, 1976: 218. port.
Q4.V44, v. 55
Dr. Ludmila Pajdušáková zomrela. Ríše hvezd, roc.
61, cís. 2, 1980: 31. port.
QB1.R45, v. 61
Kresak, Lubor. L. Pajdušáková. Bulletin of the astronomical
institutes of Czechoslovakia, v. 31, no. 2, 1980: 128.
QB1.B5, v. 31
Kresak, Lubor. Zivotné jubileum L udmily Pajdušákovej.
Ríše hvezd, roc. 57, cís. 6, 1976: 115-116.
QB1.R45, v. 57
RN Dr. L'. Pajdušáková, CSc, zomrela. Kozmos, roc.
10, cís. 6, 1979: 161.
QB495.K69, v. 10
A photograph of Comet 1956 II Pajdušáková is reproduced on
the inside front cover of the issue.
Tremko, Jozef. Zomrela L'udmila Pajdušáková. Vesmír,
ro . 59, ís. 1, 1980: 26. port.
Q4.V44, v. 59
Palmer, Margaretta
Died. Dr. Margaretta Palmer. Vassar quarterly, v.
9, May 1924: 210.
LH1.V3A4, v. 9
Miss Margaretta Palmer. New York times, v. 73, Jan.
31, 1924: 15.
N&CPR
Miss Margaretta Palmer. Populär astronomisk tidskrift,
arg. 5, häfte 3/4, 1924: 182.
Palmer, Margaretta. In Woman's who's who
of America. A biographical dictionary of contemporary women of
the United States and Canada. 1914-1915. John William Leonard,
editor-in-chief. New York, American Commonwealth Co. [1914] p.
618.
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Park, Hye-Sook
Schilling, Govert. Argusogen in Livermore. In
his Flash! De jacht op komische superexplosies. Amsterdam,
Wereldbibliotheek [2000] p. 191-205. illus. (part col.), ports.
Includes discussion of the Livermore Optical Transient Imaging
System (LOTIS) project, led by Hye-Sook Park.
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena
Bailey, Brooke. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1900-1979. In
her The remarkable lives of 100 women healers and scientists.
Holbrook, Mass., B. Adams, 1994. (20th century women series)
p. 162-163.
R692.B35 1994
References (2): p. 163.
Bailey, Martha J. Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena. In
her American women in science, a biographical dictionary.
Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-CLIO, 1994. p. 296-297.
Q141.B25 1994
Bartusiak, Marcia. The stuff of stars. Sciences,
v. 33, Sept./Oct. 1993: 34-39. col. illus.
Q1.S8147, v. 33
"When a woman graduate student discovered abundant hydrogen
in stellar spectrums, she was bullied into suppressing her results." Adapted
from the author's book, Through a Universe Darkly (New York, Harper Collins Publishers,
1993.)
Bodanis, David. The fires of the sun. Wilson quarterly,
v. 24, summer 2000: 25-30. illus., port.
Based on chapter 14 of his book, E=mc2.
Bonell, Ann E. An eminent woman astronomer. Astronomy
now, v. 12, Jan. 1998: 52-55. illus., ports.
About Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.
Camp, Carole Ann. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979). In
her American astronomers; searchers and wonderers. Springfield,
N.J., Enslow Publishers [1996] (Collective biographies) p. [68]-75.
ports.
QB35.C36 1996
References (16): p. 97-98.
Dickstein, Mindi. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1900-1979.
English-born American astronomer. In Notable twentieth-century
scientists. v. 3. L-R. Emily J. McMurray, editor. New York, Gale
Research [1995] p. 1552-1554.
Q141.N73 1995, v. 3
References (8): p. 1554.
Dickstein, Mindy. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1900-1979.
English-born American astronomer. In Notable women scientists.
Pamela Proffitt, editor. Detroit, Gale Group [1999] p. 441-443.
port.
Q141.N736 1999
References (8): p. 443.
Dr. Cecelia [sic] Payne-Gaposchkin, 79. New York
times, v. 129, Dec. 8, 1979: 46.
N&CPR
Fidishun, Dolores. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979),
astronomer. In Notable women in the physical sciences, a
biographical dictionary. Edited by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara
S. Shearer. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1997. p. 286-291.
port.
Q141.N734 1997
Notes (8): p. 291. Bibliography: p. 291.
First Woman to chair Astronomy Department at Harvard. In The
Women's book of world records and achievements. Edited by Lois
Decker O'Neill. Garden City, N.Y., Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1979.
p. 151.
CT3234.W65
About Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.
Friedman, Herbert. Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979). In
his The astronomer's universe: stars, galaxies, and cosmos.
[Rev. and updated] New York, W. W. Norton [1998] p. 2-3. port.
QB351.F69 1998
Gingerich, Owen. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. In Royal
Astronomical Society. Quarterly journal, v. 23, Sept. 1982: 450-451.
QB1.R732, v. 23
Harvard astronomer wins 1957 Achievement Award. In American
Association of University Women. Journal, v. 51, Oct. 1957: 15-17.
LC1756.A2A5, v. 51
Heineman, Helen. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979).
Radcliffe quarterly, v. 66, Mar. 1980: 38. port.
LH1.R2Q8, v. 66
Hoffleit, Dorrit. The end of an era? Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
and her last book. In American Association of Variable Star
Observers. Journal, v. 8, no. 2, 1979: 48-51.
QB835.A455, v. 8
Horn, Dara. The shoulders of giants. Science, v.
280, May 29, 1998: 1354-1355. col. illus., port. (Essays on science
and society)
Q1.S35, v. 280
On the disbelief that greeted Cecilia Payne's discovery of
hydrogen as the chief constituent of the stars, and the ensuing general failure
to credit her with this finding.
Joyce, Maureen. Dr. Cecilia H. Payne-Gaposchkin
dies. Washington post, Dec. 9, 1979: B12.
N&CPR
Kidwell, Peggy A. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and stellar
atmospheres. In American Astronomical Society. Bulletin,
v. 14, no. 4, 1982: 916.
QB1.A255, v. 14
Abstract of a paper presented at the Society's 161st meeting,
Jan. 9-12, 1983, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Kidwell, Peggy A. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: astronomy
in the family. In Uneasy careers and intimate lives; women
in science, 1789-1979. Edited by Pnina G. Abir-Am and Dorinda Outram.
New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press [1987] (The Douglass series
on women's lives and the meaning of gender) p. [216]-238. group
ports.
Q130.U525 1987
References (80): p. 336-342.
Öpik, Ernst. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. Irish astronomical
journal, v. 14, Sept./Dec. 1979: 69.
QB1.I753, v. 14
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia H. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin;
an autobiography and other recollections. Edited by Katherine Haramundanis.
Cambridge, New York, Cambridge University Press, 1984. 269 p. ports.
QB36.G37A33 1984
Bibliography of works by Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: p. 239-255.
See also Dorrit Hofflieit's review in Sky & Telescope,
v. 68, Sept. 1984, p. 225-227 (QB1.S536, v. 68).
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia (Helena). In Current
biography yearbook. 1957. Edited by Marjorie Dent Candee. New York,
H. W. Wilson Co., 1958. p. 421-423. port.
CT100.C8, 1957
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena (1900-1979). In The
Routledge critical dictionary of the new cosmology. Edited by Peter
Coles. New York, Routledge [1999] p. 280.
QB980.5.R68 1999
Payne-Gaposchkin honored by Astronomical Society.
Physics today, v. 29, Sept. 1976: 69.
QC1.P658, v. 29
Reports her selection as Henry Norris Russell Lecturer for
1976.
Roy, Jean R. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979). In
his L'astronomie et son histoire. Québec, l'Université du
Québec; Paris, New York, Masson, 1982. p. 288-290.
QB15.R67 1982
Payne-Gaposchkin appears with Annie J. Cannon in the photograph
reproduced on p. 264.
Smith, Elske v. P. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. Physics
today, v. 33, June 1980: 64-65. port.
QC1.P658, v. 33
Svoronos, Soraya. Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin
(1900-1979). In Women in chemistry and physics; a biobibliographic
sourcebook. Edited by Louise S. Grinstein, Rose K. Rose, and Miriam
H. Rafailovich. Foreword by Lilli S. Hornig. Westport, Conn., Greenwood
Press, 1993. p. 455-460.
QD21.W62 1993
A bibliography of works by and about Payne-Gaposchkin appears
on p. 459-460.
Taber, Sara, and Jessica Ancker. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: "the
most eminent woman astronomer of all time." Radcliffe quarterly,
v. 72, Sept. 1986: 11-12.
LH1.R2Q8, v. 72
Whitney, Charles A. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, an
astronomer's astronomer. Sky & telescope, v. 59, Mar. 1980: 212-214.
illus., port.
QB1.S536, v. 59
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Payne-Scott, Ruby
Bhathal, Ragbir S. Ruby Payne-Scott. In his Australian
astronomers: achievements at the frontiers of astronomy. [Canberra]
National Library of Australia [1996] p. 3. port.
QB35.B48 1996
Dyer, Kristy. Ruby Payne-Scott. Status, Jan. 2000:
22-23. ports.
Sullivan, Woodruff T. Early years of Australian
radio astronomy. In Australian science in the making. Edited
by R. W. Home. Cambridge, New York, Cambridge University Press,
1988. p. 308-344. illus., group port.
Q127.A8A86 1988
Ruby Payne-Scott: p. 315. She is included in the group portrait,
and also appears in a photograph reproduced on the front cover of the Proceedings
of the Astronomical Society of Australia, v. 6, no. 1, 1985 (QB1.A37A33, v. 6).
Pecker, Charlotte Wimel
Pecker, Charlotte (Mme), née Wimel (1923). In France.
Délégation générale à la recherche scientifique et technique. Répertoire
des scientifiques français. t. 5. Physique. [Paris, La Documentation
française] 1967. p. 194-195.
Q145.F7, v. 5
Peters, Geraldine Joan
Peters, Geraldine Joan. In Who's who in science
and engineering. 3d ed. 1996-1997. New Providence, NJ, Marquis
Who's Who, 1996. p. 773.
Q141.W576 1996/97
Pettit, Hannah Bard Steele
Nicholson, Seth B. Edison Pettit, 1889-1962. In Astronomical
Society of the Pacific. Publications, v. 74, Dec. 1962: 495-498.
port.
QB1.A4, v. 74
Includes information about Pettit's wife, Dr. Hannah Steele
Pettit.
A photograph of Hannah Steele and Edison Pettit, in their backyard
observatory in Pasadena, is reproduced on the front cover of the Griffith
Observer, v. 26, July 1962 (QB1.G7, v. 26).
Pilachowski, Catherine Anderson
Catherine A. Pilachowski. In American Astronomical
Society. AAS newsletter, 48, Dec. 1989: 7.
Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy
for the position of AAS Publications Board Chair.
Catherine A. Pilachowski. In American Astronomical
Society. AAS newsletter, 83, Dec. 1996: 5-6.
Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy
for the office of AAS councilor.
Catherine A. Pilachowski. In American Astronomical
Society. AAS newsletter, 103, Dec. 2000: 3.
Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy
for the office of AAS president.
Catherine (Caty) A. Pilachowski. In American
Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 105, June 2001: 1. port.
Briefly summarizes the career of the new AAS president-elect.
Pilachowski is AAS president-elect. Physics today,
v. 54, May 2001: 77-78. col. port.
Pipher, Judith L.
Judith L. Pipher [receives Dudley Observatory's
1984-85 Ernest F. Fullam Award] Physics today, v. 38, June 1985:
92.
QC1.P658, v. 38
Judith Pipher. In American Astronomical Society.
AAS newsletter, 63, Dec. 1992: 5.
Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy
for the office of AAS councilor.
Pismis de Recillas, Marie Paris
Peimbert, Manuel. Semblanza: Paris Pishmish. Boletín
de la Sociedad Mexicana de Física, v. 9, jul./sept. de 1995: 149-152.
ports.
Includes a box, "Mi encuentro con la musa," by Alejandro Ruelas
(p. 150-151).
Additional portraits of Dr. Pismis appear on both sides of
the front cover of the issue.
Pismis de Recillas, Marie Paris. Reminiscences in
the life of Paris Pi mi , a woman astronomer. In collaboration
with Gabriel Cruz-Gonzalez. [México, D.F.] Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, Instituto de Astronomía, Instituto Nacional
de Astroifísica, Óptica y Electrónica [1998] 103 p., [15] p. of
illus. ports. (part col.)
Includes as annexes four papers by Dr. Pismis.
Torres-Peimbart, Silvia. Paris Marie Pismis, 1911-1999. In American
Astronomical Society. Bulletin, v. 31, no. 5, 1999: 1607-1608.
port.
Porco, Carolyn C.
Niethammer, Carolyn J. Cassini scientist yielded
to the seduction of space. New York times, v. 148, Aug. 17, 1999:
F3. port.
Porco, Carolyn C. Interview. In Paschoff,
Jay M. Journey through the universe. Fort Worth, Saunders College
Pub., 1992. p. 160-163. col. ports.
QB45.P293 1992
Potter, Beryl
Beryl Potter. Physics today, v. 39, Feb. 1986: 92.
QC1.P658, v. 39
Prialnik-Kovetz, Dina
Dina Prialnik. In her An Introduction to
the theory of stellar structure and evolution. [Cambridge, New
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QB808.P75 2000
Price, Jill S.
Eastwood, Kathleen D. Jill S. Price (1957-1996).
Mercury, v. 26, July/Aug. 1997: 6.
Eastwood, Kathy D. Jill S. Price, 1957-1996. In American
Astronomical Society. Bulletin, v. 28, no. 4, 1996: 1462-1463.
port.
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