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Author:

Parachini, Jodie, author.

Title:

Listening to the stars : Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers pulsars / Jodie Parachini ; illustrated by Alexandra Badiu.

Publisher:

Albert Whitman & Company,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Subject:

Burnell, S. Jocelyn--Juvenile literature.
Astrophysicists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women physicists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women--Biography.
Biographies.
Picture books.

Other Authors:

Badiu, Alexandra, illustrator.

Summary:

A biography of astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who helped build a radio telescope that helped her discover pulsars, a new type of star. Some scientists consider it the greatest astronomical discovery of the twentieth century. Despite this achievement, she was overlooked in favor of two male colleagues when the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded. Bell is still working and teaching today, with recognition-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0807545635
9780807545638

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1182019810

LCCN:

2020032209

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)