“We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.”
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Maria Mitchell
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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