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Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherine's unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A boy rides a bicycle down a dusty road. But in his mind, he envisions himself traveling at a speed beyond imagining, on a beam of light. This brilliant mind will one day offer up some of the most revolutionary ideas ever conceived. From a boy endlessly fascinated by the wonders around him, Albert Einstein ultimately grows into a man of genius recognized the world over for profoundly illuminating our understanding of the universe.
Author
Series
Giants of science (Viking) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
This biography profiles the life and times of German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, whose contributions to the field earned him a Nobel Prize.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school. But her parents named their daughter "Courageous Hero" and encouraged her love of science. This biography follows Wu as she battles sexism at home and racism in the UnitedStates of America to become what Newsweek magazine called the "Queen of Physics" for her work on how atoms split"--
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a photographic introduction to the life and accomplishments of Albert Einstein, one of the most significant scientists of the twentieth century, discussing his boyhood, schooling, early career, family, and discoveries in the field of physics.
Author
Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
105 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and work of the famous physicist, from his childhood in Germany through the development of his theories of relativity to his campaign for peace after World War II.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[34] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on Benjamin Franklin's role as an inventor of whimsical gadgets and practical contraptions, with an emphasis on his experiment of flying a kite during a rainstorm.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the world-renowned German scientist, describing how his life-long curiosity and ability to question accepted theories led him to develop his famous theory of relatvitiy and win the Noble Prize for Physics.
12) Albert Einstein
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Biography of the famed physicist Albert Einstein, developer of the theory of relativity, whose name has become synonymous with "genius."
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