Description |
73 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
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age Children |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-67) and index. |
Summary |
Presents brief accounts of the work of a variety of women scientists in such fields as astronomy, biology, anthropology, and medicine. |
Contents |
To obtain knowledge of, as through observation or study: It sure is dark out there / Vera Rubin -- Let's start at the very beginning / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- The little rover that could / Donna Shirley -- Tools in the jungle / Jane Goodall -- To be the first to find, learn of, or observe: Biggest, baddest, best / Sue Hendrickson -- The longest day of the year / Anna Sofaer -- My, what big teeth you have / Mary Leakey -- On the road again / June Moxon -- A desire to know or learn: Get the lead out / Katie Murray -- Up in smoke / Klara, Eli, Erin, Lindsey -- Drinkable puddles / Rachael Charles. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 8.4 2 SD Quiz 58902 English non-fiction. |
Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer. |
Subject |
Women in science -- Juvenile literature.
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Women in science. |
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Discoveries in science -- Juvenile literature.
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Discoveries in science. |
Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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Literature.
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Juvenile works.
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Added Author |
Sweet, Melissa, 1956- illustrator.
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ISBN |
0618076980 (RNF) |
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9780618076987 |
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0618494898 (PAP) |
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9780618494897 (PAP) |
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