A collection of writings by distinguished astronomer Rubin, narrating both her research in such areas as galactic motion and dark matter, and the course of her own career. Her topics include a pair of non-interacting spiral galaxies, a brief early history of the Mount Wilson Observatory, the local supercluster and anisotropy of the redshifts, women's work, the Leviathan of Lord Rosse, and desert island discs. Most of the essays have been previously published. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.