Italy' s Margherita Hack was not only a highly-respected astrophysicist but a popular science writer, public intellectual and civil rights activist. <br /><br />She died at the weekend at the age of 91.<br /><br />Known as the 'lady of the stars', her research contributed to the spectral classification of many stars and the asteroid 8558 Hack is named after her. <br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
