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Looking at the stars

IN THE late 19th century an extraordinary group of women worked at the Harvard College Observatory. Known as “computers”, they charted the position, and brightness of stars on a daily basis by applying mathematical formulae to the observations of their male colleagues who watched the sky.

When the observatory’s research was redirected towards photographing the heavens rather than observing them merely by eye, the duties of the “computers” expanded apace.

• extraordinary   [ɪkˈstrɔ:rdəneri]   非凡的; 特别的; 非常奇特的

• mathematical   [ˌmæθəˈmætɪkəl]   数学的; 精确的; 绝对的; 可能性极小的

• formulae   ['fɔ:mjəli:]   配方; 公式; 分子式; 方案;

• redirect   [ˌridɪˈrɛkt]   使改寄，更改（信件等）姓名地址; 改变方向，改变线路; 重新寄送; 再查问（证人等）;

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