Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The unsung discoverer of star chemistry
1 April 2020
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who discovered that hydrogen dominates our universe, finally gets the recognition she deserves in a rich biography, What Stars Are Made Of
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