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My brilliant, short, career

BEATRICE HILL TINSLEY: Queen of the Cosmos by Maria Gill & Alistair Hughes (Upstart Press, $24.99)

She has an asteroid named after her. A mountain. A street, postage stamps, a couple of science labs and a whole university block. Plus several awards for top scholars, a biography by Dame Christine Cole Catley and a stage play, both called Bright Star.

Beatrice Tinsley is

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