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“How strange that some people cannot believe in both the Book of Nature and the Book of God.”

Quote by Maria Mitchell

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Maria Mitchell was an American astronomer born on August 1, 1818, and died on June 28, 1889. She was the first woman in the United States to earn a doctoral degree in astronomy and the first woman to discover an asteroid. Mitchell is known for her research on binary and variable stars, which had a profound impact on the development of astronomy. more

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