Episode 16: Singing the Stars

An episode of the Women of Science & Music: 30 celebrations podcast, hosted by electric voice theatre, titled "Episode 16: Singing the Stars" was published on March 16, 2021 and runs 15 minutes.

March 16, 2021 ·15m · Women of Science & Music: 30 celebrations

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https://www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/ Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) https://minervascientifica.co.uk/caroline-herschel/ is celebrated for being the first woman to discover a comet, but she is also important for playing a crucial role in the astronomical and musical careers of her brother William. SPEAKERS: Dr Patricia Fara – Science Historian, Emeritus Fellow of Clare College Cambridge Dr Sian Prosser – Librarian and Archivist Royal Astronomical Society Dr Anna Lisa Varri – UKRI Future Lead...

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Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) https://minervascientifica.co.uk/caroline-herschel/ is celebrated for being the first woman to discover a comet, but she is also important for playing a crucial role in the astronomical and musical careers of her brother William.

SPEAKERS:
Dr Patricia Fara – Science Historian, Emeritus Fellow of Clare College Cambridge
Dr Sian Prosser – Librarian and Archivist Royal Astronomical Society
Dr Anna Lisa Varri – UKRI Future Leaders Fellow University of Edinburgh

Fara discusses Caroline Herschel’s discoveries and the connections with Varri’s work on globular clusters. Herschel’s observation notebooks from the RAS archive and music by Frances M Lynch “Epitaph for a Comet Hunter” are at the heart of the discussion.

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