In Heart of Darkness, Jeremiah P. Ostriker and Simon Mitton add new stars to the constellation of astronomy to tell the subject’s full history
WE HAVE all heard of the Hubble Space Telescope, named after Edwin Hubble, but where is the Tinsley telescope?
Beatrice Tinsley was an excellent astronomer, but her career was stymied by an establishment set against giving a salary to the wife of an academic – even if she was also a gifted scientist. Tinsley made at least two vital contributions to our understanding of the universe’s history, but she had to divorce her husband and grant…
