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The Stars are Comforting
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Images of Beatrice Hill Tinsley and the universe she studied
Nursery
Debutante
Cartwheel
NYO 1959
Andromeda
Letter 1962
M82
Letter 1962
NGC 2976
Letter 1962
Abell 2125
Alan and Terry
Silver Dollar
Trio
M81
Yale
Coronet
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Beatrice at Yale
Produced by Adrienne Baron with engineering by Phil Brownlee. Letters read by Tina Regtien.
Email: adrienne.baron@radionz.co.nz
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Supplementary audio:
Cosmologist Beatrice Hill Tinsley
Radio New Zealand National's programme Our Changing World's biographical feature on Beatrice Tinsley. Includes an interview with Christine Cole Catley, author of Bright Star.
Cosmologist Beatrice Hill Tinsley
This Our Changing World feature includes interviews with sister Theodora Lee-Smith and Brian Tinsley, and looks at Beatrice's achievements in cosmology.
Interview with Theodora Lee Smith
Beatrice Tinsley's sister talks to Eva Radich, in Upbeat.
Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
John Hearnshaw
Professor of Astronomy, John Hearnshaw talks about the New Zealand astronomer and her contributions to cosmology.
Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
Links:
Interview with Beatrice Tinsley - Transcript
Women in Astronomy
Women in Science
New Zealand Heroes
Bright Star
Canterbury University's Beatrice Tinsley Institute
Theodora Lee-Smith
Message from the editor of The Stars are Comforting, Beatrice's sister Theodora Lee-Smith.
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