"I spring quite literally from a pagan background."There is only one person capable of introducing themselves that way in their own : Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the most original scientists to ever live. She was the first to determine that the stars were made of hydrogen and helium. In doing so, as a young graduate student, she bucked contemporary scientific theory. Prevented by sexism from being awarded her degree, and then a professorship, she eventually became the woman to chair a department at Harvard University.Cecilia Payne knew she wanted to be a scientist early on. As an eight...…"I spring quite literally from a pagan background."There is only one person capable of introducing themselves that way in their own : Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the most original scientists to ever live. She was the first to determine that the stars were made of hydrogen and helium. In doing so, as a young graduate student, she bucked contemporary scientific theory. Prevented by sexism from being awarded her degree, and then a professorship, she eventually became the woman to chair a department at Harvard University.Cecilia Payne knew she wanted to be a scientist early on. As an eight...WW…