Description
Introducing our luminous address in the universeand the determined woman scientist who mapped it with her team.
Growing up in a small French village, H?l?ne Courtois had big questions about the world around her. Avidly, she observed the trails, roads, and water pathways traversing planet Earth; but her mind always wandered higher, toward the night sky. What would a map of out there, beyond the moon, look like? The question traveled with her to university, where curious H?l?neoften the only woman in her science classeslearned to map the compositions of galaxies. Numbers swam with the stars in her brain, and after years of wonder and experimentation, H?l?ne and her team make a dazzling discoverya supercluster of galaxies they name Laniakea, home to our very own Milky Way. With fascinating back matter, illustrations that shine on the page, and a lyrical text written in consultation with astrophysicist H?l?ne Courtoiswho continues to illuminate our view of the cosmic landscapethis portrait of a contemporary female scientist will light up young minds and inspire future sky gazers and galaxy mappers to look up and dream large.
Author: Allie Summers
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Mit Kids Press
Published: 11/18/2025
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.25lbs
ISBN: 9781536228977
Language: English
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