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Author Calvert, Jennifer, author.

Title Science superstars : 30 brilliant women who changed the world / Jennifer Calvert ; illustrated by Octavia Jackson.

Publication Info. New York : Castle Point Books, 2021.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  MG920 CAL    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Teen Department  TEEN 920 CAL    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Teen  TEEN 509.252 CALVERT    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 127 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Mary Anning -- Maria Mitchell -- Elizabeth Blackwell, MD -- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, MD -- Marie Curie, PhD -- Ynés Mexía -- Gertrude Caton Thompson -- Janaki Ammal, PhD -- Katharine Burr Blodgett PhD -- Barbara McClintock, PhD -- Grace Hopper, PhD -- Rachel Carson -- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, PhD -- Chien-Shiung Wu, PhD, SCD -- Hedy Lamarr -- Gertrude B. Elion, PhD SCD -- Katherine Johnson -- Jane Cooke Wright, MD -- Marie M. Daly, PhD -- Mary Jackson -- Stephanie Kwolek -- Vera Rubin, PhD -- Tu Youyou -- Jane Goodall -- Sylvia Earle, PhD -- Sau Lan Wu, PhD -- Alexa Canady, MD -- Sally Ride, PhD -- Mae Jemison, MD -- Jennifer Doudna, PhD.
Audience Ages 12-18.
Summary "Women scientists are not new, but they haven't always gotten credit for being so stellar. In Jennifer Calvert and Octavia Jackson's Science Superstars, you'll be introduced to 30 remarkable women whose passion and dedication to all things science led to groundbreaking discoveries, vital medicine, essential technology, and cutting-edge inventions that changed the world. Discover the triumphs, curiosity, and hard work of female trailblazers whose love of science spurred revolutionary advances"-- Back cover.
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject Women scientists.
Women scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography.
Women scientists. (OCoLC)fst01178507
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Informational works. (OCoLC)fst01919930
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Informational works.
Added Author Jackson, Octavia, illustrator.
ISBN 9781250275264
1250275261
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