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Galaxy Mapper: The Luminous Discoveries of Astrophysicist Hélène Courtois

Galaxy Mapper: The Luminous Discoveries of Astrophysicist Hélène Courtois

Summers, Allie
James, Sian

Hardcover

BiographyScience & Nature

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 1536228974
ISBN13: 9781536228977
Publisher: Mit Kids Press
Published: Nov 18 2025
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.56 Width: 8.59 Depth: 10.40
Language: English
Introducing our luminous address in the universe--and the determined woman scientist who mapped it with her team.

Growing up in a small French village, Hélène 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 Hélène--often the only woman in her science classes--learned to map the compositions of galaxies. Numbers swam with the stars in her brain, and after years of wonder and experimentation, Hélène and her team make a dazzling discovery--a 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 Hélène Courtois--who continues to illuminate our view of the cosmic landscape--this 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.

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