"Sometimes, I confess, Starlight seems too sharp, And like the moon I bend my face to the ground, To the small patch where each foot falls, Before it falls, And I forget to ask questions, And only count things."
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Women born in the 1960sAuthors from CanadaSmith College alumniWomen scientists from CanadaAstronomers from Canada
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Cp. Walt Whitman, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" (1867)
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Rebecca Elson
Rebecca Anne Wood Elson (2 January 1960 – 19 May 1999) was a Canadian–American astronomer and writer.
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