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The Stars are Comforting

A 20-part series based on internationally-recognised New Zealand scientist Beatrice Tinsley’s letters to her family.

  1. 20

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1980-1981

    New apartment, concert, work, trip to England, spreading cancer, Yale Infirmary.

  2. 19

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1979-1980

    Eleven-year-old daughter Terry comes to live with Beatrice, concerts, hospital, teaching, trip to Texas, visits from sister and father, trips to Maryland, Washington.

  3. 18

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1978-1979

    Continuing research, teaching, travel to New Zealand, music making, medical treatment, visit from children, concerts.

  4. 17

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1976-1978

    Europe, home to Yale, organises large conference in May '77, visits from father, children, more travel, discovery of melanoma, string trio, promotion to Professor of Astronomy.

  5. 16

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1975-1976

    At home in Yale, playing chamber music again, media attention, visit from children, growing relationship with Richard Larson, trips to Switzerland, Colorado.

  6. 15

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1975

    Six months at Lick Observatory, California, visit from father, children, 3210 mile drive to new job at Yale, a Cambridge summer.

  7. 14

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1974

    Annie Cannon Prize in Astronomy, visit to sister in Huancayo, research at Cambridge, end of marriage, job offers, farewells.

  8. 13

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1973-1974

    Two trips to Europe, teaching in Dallas, begins Evolution of Galaxies project at Caltech.

  9. 12

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1972-1973

    Three months post in Pasadena, back to Dallas, Pasadena again, home to New Zealand for Christmas, new position in Maryland.

  10. 11

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1971

    Research, conservation, travel, two papers at Amherst.

  11. 10

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1970

    ZPG, Cosmology in Colorado, violin, vacation, homesick for New Zealand.

  12. 9

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1969

    Husband away, concerts, a cosmology paper and weather extremes.

  13. 8

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1968

    Two children, chamber music, orchestra, and a little astrophysics.

  14. 7

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1967-1968

    Cosmology in New York, motherhood, orchestra and mother's death.

  15. 6

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1964-1966

    Commuting between Dallas and Austin, Ph.D and baby.

  16. 5

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1963-1964

    Dallas, Astrophysics symposium, concerts, Austin.

  17. 4

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1962-1963

    Twenty-first, Nuclear proliferation and M.Sc.

  18. 3

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1960-1961

    Physics, philosophy, love and marriage to Brian Tinsley.

  19. 2

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1959-1960

    National Youth Orchestra and General Relativity Theory

  20. 1

    The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1958-1959

    Cambridge Music School and off to university in Christchurch.

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A 20-part series based on internationally-recognised New Zealand scientist Beatrice Tinsley’s letters to her family.

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