Prologue
1 Stellar Tales
2 Dark Matter's Debut
3 Waiting on the Stars
4 Threads of Research: A Rotating Universe and Radio Astronomy
5 Chasing Stars
6 A Clumpy Cosmos
7 Career Challenges and Galactic Questions
8 A Taste of Astronomy
9 At Last, a Real Astronomer
10 Andromeda's Young, Hot Stars
11 The Matter we Cannot See
12 More Matter Than Meets the Eye
13 Diving into Dark Matter
14 Gender Equality in Astronomy: A Darker Universe?
15 The Final Nights
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Ashley Jean Yeager is Associate News Editor at Science News. She has written for Quanta, Science News, Nature, Astronomy, Sky & Telescope, The Scientist, and other publications.
2022 PROSE Award Finalist, Biography & Autobiography A compelling
life of a top-notch scientist...Yeager has done her homework,
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Rubin's struggles as a pathbreaking woman in her
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--New Scientist "Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond follows
Rubin's journey from stargazing child to preeminent astronomer and
fierce advocate for women in science." - Science News
This is Yeager's first book, and it benefits from her background in
journalism and science writing, leaving no stone unturned as it
rigorously illuminates Rubin and her discoveries...Yeager follows
the discovery in a way I have not come across before, keeping me
hooked on each page...a mesmerizing read - Physics World
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