Grasping Mysteries
Girls Who Loved Math
New York City : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2020]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
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.
Tharp, Marie -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Paisano, Edna L. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Rubin, Vera C., 1928-2016 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Novels in verse -- Juvenile fiction.
Mathematicians -- Juvenile fiction.
Scientists -- Juvenile fiction.
Sex role -- Juvenile fiction.
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.
Tharp, Marie -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Paisano, Edna L. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Rubin, Vera C., 1928-2016 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction.
Novels in verse -- Juvenile fiction.
Mathematicians -- Juvenile fiction.
Scientists -- Juvenile fiction.
Sex role -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: Ages 10 Up.
ISBN:
9781534460683
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C Atkins | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
Includes bibilographical references (pages 289-305).