LAHS Monday Morning memo – August 18, 2019

Tickets are $10, and may be
purchased at losaldrama.org or at the door

Silent Sky is
the true story of Henrietta Leavitt, the astronomer
ahead of her time. It is 1900, and Henrietta has the
opportunity to work at Harvard University as a human computer, one of Dr. Edward Pickering’s “harem,” mapping the stars but receiving no scientific credit. When Henrietta arrives, she is eager to use Harvard’s telescope – the Great
Refractor – but is told that she will not be able to do any
sort of astronomical discovery as she will only log the stars photographed by the men of the department. However, Henrietta
will not be dissuaded, and begins the process of recording the changes in Cepheid stars – a scientific discovery that
has profound and lasting impact on the field of astronomy.  During her inquiry, Henrietta’s relationships strain under
her obsessive work ethic; her sister Margaret, her love
interest Peter Shaw, and her colleagues Annie Cannon and
Williamina Fleming all find themselves pushed aside in favor of a great cosmic mystery. 

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