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Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherines unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASAs Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time. A section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus c areers for math lovers"--Amazon.com....
3) Sally Ride
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"As the first American woman in space, Sally Ride broke barriers and made her dreams come true. But she wanted to do even more! After leaving NASA, she created science and engineering programs that would help other girls and women make their dreams come true as well." -- Amazon.com.
"A biography of Sally Ride in the She Persisted series"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Most people know Sally Ride as the first American female astronaut to travel in space. But in her lifetime she was also a nationally ranked tennis player, a physicist who enjoyed reading Shakespeare, a university professor, the founder of a company that helped inspire girls and young women to pursue careers in science and math, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom"--
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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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
Publisher
Genius Games, LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Discover the wonders of physics! Along the way, meet the incredible women who've taught us how the universe works. Inquisitive kids will love learning about the world through this engaging and accurate tale about physics.
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