Alderman, N (2017) Caroline Herschel and the comets.
| Item Type: | Audio |
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| Creators: | Alderman, N |
| Abstract: | Naomi Alderman tells Caroline Herschel's story and discusses what women could achieve in science in the eighteenth century with historian Professor Marilyn Ogilvie of the University of Oklahoma, the author of a biography of Caroline. Alan Fitzsimmons, Professor of Astronomy at Queens University, Belfast, talks to Naomi about the Caroline's legacy, how comets are discovered today and why researchers want to study them. |
| Official URL: | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08wphjl |
| Date: | November 2017 |
| Note: | Part of BBC Radio 4's 'Science Stories', series 6. |
| Divisions: | School of Writing, Publishing and the Humanities |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jun 2018 14:51 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2022 16:51 |
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