Grasping mysteries : girls who loved math
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2020].
Physical Desc
305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
960L
Status
San Luis Obispo Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction
J FIC
1 available
J FIC
1 available
Cayucos Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction
J FIC
1 available
J FIC
1 available
Oceano Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction
J FIC
1 available
J FIC
1 available
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Cayucos Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction | J FIC | On Shelf |
Oceano Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction | J FIC | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Ayrton, Hertha, -- 1854-1923 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, -- 1750-1848 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Mathematicians -- Juvenile fiction.
Nightingale, Florence, -- 1820-1910 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Novels in verse.
Paisano, Edna L. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Rubin, Vera C., -- 1928-2016 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Scientists -- Juvenile fiction.
Sex role -- Juvenile fiction.
Tharp, Marie -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, -- 1750-1848 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Mathematicians -- Juvenile fiction.
Nightingale, Florence, -- 1820-1910 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Novels in verse.
Paisano, Edna L. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Rubin, Vera C., -- 1928-2016 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Scientists -- Juvenile fiction.
Sex role -- Juvenile fiction.
Tharp, Marie -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
More Details
Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2020].
Format
Book
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 6.2, 5 Points
Level 6.2, 5 Points
Lexile measure
960
Notes
Description
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.
Target Audience
Ages 10 Up.,Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Target Audience
Grades 4-6.,Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Target Audience
960L,Lexile
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