Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Book

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: an Introduction Virginia Trimble; An introduction to The Dyer's Hand Jesse L. Greenstein; A historical introduction to The Dyer's Hand Peggy A. Kidwell; A personal recollection Katherine Haramundanis; The Dyer's Hand: an autobiography Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin; Dedication; Foreword;

Part I. The Vision Splendid:

1. Backgrounds;
2. Beginnings;
3. Prelude to education;
4. Birth of a dream;
5. Dramatic interlude;
6. The dream fulfilled;
7. Pathway to the stars;

Part II. The Light Of Common Day:
8. England and the United States;
9. Harvard College Observatory;
10. The cradle of astrophysics;
11. Harlow Shapley;
12. Stellar atmospheres;
13. Spectra and luminosities;
14. Editorial experiences;
15. Visiting astronomers;
16. At the cross roads;

Part III. The Dyer's Hand Subdued:
17. Turning point;
18. Prolegomena to various stars;
19. International problems;
20. End of an era;
21. Retrospect;

Part IV. Reflections:
22. On being a woman;
23. Science and myth;
24. Worlds not realized; Bibliography of works by Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin; Postlude; Index.