The sky's the limit : stories of discovery by women and girls
Title:
The sky's the limit : stories of discovery by women and girls
Author:
Thimmesh, Catherine.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
Physical Description:
73 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Summary:
Presents brief accounts of the work of a variety of women scientists in such fields as astronomy, biology, anthropology, and medicine.
Language:
English
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.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.4 2.0 58902.
Added Author:
ISBN:
9780618076987
Format :
Book
