Author Event, Anna Von Mertens – Attention is Discovery: The Life and Legacy of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt
Fivesparks Gallery 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA, United StatesVisual artist and author Anna Von Mertens will talk about her book Attention Is Discovery: The Life and Legacy of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt (to be released September 17th by the MIT Press), which tells the fascinating story of the underrecognized woman whose discovery founded modern cosmology. Celebrating the path that led to that discovery, the …