Title:
Grasping mysteries : girls who loved math
Author:
Atkins, Jeannine, 1953- author.
ISBN:
9781534460683
9781534460690
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
Abstract:
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.
Reading Level:
Ages 10 Up. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Grades 4-6. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
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