num_pages: 32
description: This biography illustrates the accomplishments of a woman who developed a system of classifying stars and who-to this day-holds the record for identifying more stars than anyone else in the world. In 1925 Annie Jump Cannon became the first woman to be honored by Oxford University with a doctor of science degree. In addition to noting the achievements of the astronomer and her contributions to science the book details Cannon's work and system of ranking stars by heat.
language: None
title: Annie Jump Cannon, Astronomer
publisher: Pelican Publishing