Bright Star : Beatrice Hill Tinsley Astronomer

Kiwi Beatrice Tinsley became a professor at Yale, and her work on the evolution of galaxies has affected scientific knowledge profoundly — yet she’s little known here today. Michael King said of Tinsley’s life and work, “This is one of our great stories, New Zealand’s and the world’s.” Thanks to this book, we can reclaim and reacquaint ourselves with her. First published 2006.