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Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"As a child, Katherine Johnson loved to count. She grew into a woman whoe math skills helped send people into space. Her work at NASA was critical to the first space flights. Her successes inspire young people to enjoy math and science."--Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school. But her parents named their daughter "Courageous Hero" and encouraged her love of science. This biography follows Wu as she battles sexism at home and racism in the United States of America to become what Newsweek magazine called the "Queen of Physics" for her work on how atoms split"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of physicist Jerry C. Elliott High Eagle, one of the first Native Americans to work at NASA, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop word recognition and reading skills. The series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions including immigrants and individuals with disabilities. Includes...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A biography of astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who helped build a radio telescope that helped her discover pulsars, a new type of star. Some scientists consider it the greatest astronomical discovery of the twentieth century. Despite this achievement, she was overlooked in favor of two male colleagues when the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded. Bell is still working and teaching today, with recognition"--
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Includes biographical references and index. Not your average kid -- The trouble with being a genius -- It's a miracle! -- Space bender -- Putting all the pieces together -- Map of Europe 1936 -- 10 things you should know about Einstein -- 10 more things that are pretty cool to know -- Places to visit. I am one of the most gifted minds that ever lived. I am a Nobel Prize-winning physicist. I was expelled from school as a young child. I am Albert Einstein....
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherine's unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time.
15) I am Marie Curie
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Marie Curie, the physicist and chemist who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize."--
17) Sally Ride
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2018
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of astronaut Sally Ride in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills.
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