| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
"After a childhood spent looking up at the stars, Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet and to earn a salary for scientific research. Florence Nightingale was a trailblazing nurse whose work reformed hospitals and one of the founders of the field of medical statistics. The first female electrical engineer, Hertha Marks Ayrton registered twenty-six patents for her inventions. Marie Tharp helped create the first map of the entire ocean floor, which helped scientists understand our subaquatic world and suggested how the continents shifted. A mathematical prodigy, Katherine Johnson calculated trajectories and launch windows for many NASA projects including the Apollo 11 mission. Edna Lee Paisano, a citizen of the Nez Perce Nation, was the first Native American to work full time for the Census Bureau, overseeing a large increase in American Indian and Alaskan Native representation. And Vera Rubin studied more than two hundred galaxies and found the first strong evidence for dark matter. Told in vibrant, evocative poems, this stunning novel celebrates seven remarkable women who used math as their key to explore the mysteries of the universe and grew up to do innovative work that changed the world."--Amazon. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibilographical references (pages 289-305). |
| Audience |
Ages 10 Up. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. |
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Grades 4-6. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. |
| Summary |
A biographical novel in verse of seven girls from different time periods who used math to explore the mysteries of the universe and grew up to do innovate work that changed history. |
| Contents |
Looking up: Caroline Herschel -- Making change with charts I: Florence Nightingale -- Exploring currents: Hertha Marks Ayrton -- Mapping what's hidden: Marie Tharp -- Creating paths through space: Katherine Johnson -- Making change with charts II: Edna Lee Paisano -- Looking beyond: Vera Rubin. |
| Subject |
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
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Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
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Ayrton, Hertha, 1854-1923 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
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Tharp, Marie -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
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Johnson, Katherine G. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
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Paisano, Edna L. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
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Rubin, Vera C., 1928-2016 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
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Novels in verse.
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Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.
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Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.
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Ayrton, Hertha, 1854-1923 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.
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Tharp, Marie -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.
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Johnson, Katherine G. -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.
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Paisano, Edna L. -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.
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Rubin, Vera C., 1928-2016 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.
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Mathematicians -- Fiction.
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Scientists -- Fiction.
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Sex role -- Fiction.
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JUVENILE FICTION -- Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
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JUVENILE FICTION -- Girls & Women.
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JUVENILE FICTION -- Mathematics.
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Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848. (OCoLC)fst00012564
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Johnson, Katherine G. (OCoLC)fst01986626
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Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910. (OCoLC)fst00042325
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Rubin, Vera C., 1928-2016. (OCoLC)fst00235481
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Tharp, Marie. (OCoLC)fst00003619
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| Genre/Form |
Novels in verse.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Historical fiction.
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Biographical fiction.
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| Added Author |
Assanelli, Victoria, 1984- illustrator.
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| Added Title |
Girls who loved math |
| ISBN |
9781534460683 (hardcover) |
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1534460683 (hardcover) |
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9781534460690 (paperback) |
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1534460691 (paperback) |
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