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May 14, 2020 · She was right, and with her 1925 dissertation, Cecilia Payne, later known as Payne-Gaposchkin, earned a place in science history. But her story is still little known, and nearly a century...
Cecilia Payne, who studied the new science of quantum physics, knew that the pattern of features in the spectrum of any atom was determined by the configuration of its electrons. She also knew that at high temperatures, one or more electrons are stripped from the atoms, which are then called ions.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was a British mathematician and astronomer who did important work for her Ph.D. at Radcliffe College of Harvard University. She showed that stars were composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium but, although completely correct, it was rejected by astronomers at the time.
Feb 24, 2020 · Nature - Public acclaim escaped one of the twentieth century’s most illustrious astronomers, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin; a new biography sets her in the firmament. By Giuseppina Fabbiano.
2 days ago · In 1912 Cecilia Payne (later Payne-Gaposchkin), a 12-year-old schoolgirl, decided to carry out her own heavenly research. She had still been in a pram when she saw her first meteorite flashing across the skies and announced that she would become an astronomer.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. Portrait by Patricia Watwood, Courtesy of the Harvard Portrait Collection. “The Most Brilliant Ph.D Thesis. Ever Written in Astronomy” By Owen Gingrich, Harvard Smithsonian. Center for Astrophysics. I first arrived at Harvard College Observatory just over fifty years ago.
On June 21, 1956, The New York Times reported, “Harvard University announced today the appointment of Dr. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin as Professor of Astronomy. She is the first woman to attain full professorship at Harvard through regular faculty promotion.”
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