The Fire of Stars - EN

A poetic picture book celebration of the life and scientific discoveries of groundbreaking astronomer
Cecilia Payne!
Astronomer and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne was the first person to discover what burns at the
heart of stars. But she didn't start out as the groundbreaking scientist she would eventually become.
She started out as a girl burning with curiosity, chasing the thrilling lightning bolt of discovery,
hoping one day to unlock the mysteries of the universe.
With lyrical, evocative text by Kirsten W. Larson and extraordinary illustrations by award-winning
illustrator Katherine Roy, this moving biography powerfully parallels the kindling of Cecilia Payne's
own curiosity and her scientific career with the process of a star's birth, from mere possibility in an
expanse of space to an eventual, breathtaking explosion of light.