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Author:

Atkins, Jeannine, 1953- author.

Title:

Grasping mysteries : girls who loved math / Jeannine Atkins.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Atheneum Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia,--1750-1848--Childhood and youth--Juvenile fiction.
Nightingale, Florence,--1820-1910--Childhood and youth--Juvenile fiction.
Ayrton, Hertha,--1854-1923--Childhood and youth--Juvenile fiction.
Rubin, Vera C.,--1928-2016--Childhood and youth--Juvenile fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibilographical references (pages 289-305).

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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1534460691
9781534460690
1534460683
9781534460683

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1114271405

LCCN:

2019037196

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)