Larson, Kirsten W.
Summary: "Astronomer and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne was the first person to discover what burns at the heart of stars. But she didn't start out as the groundbreaking scientist she would eventually become. She started out as a girl full of curiosity, hoping one day to unlock the mysteries of the universe. With lyrical, evocative text by Kirsten W. Larson and extraordinary illustrations by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PAYLasky, Kathryn
Summary: "Ever since Williamina Fleming was little she was curious, and her childhood fascination with light inspired her life's work. Mina became an astronomer in a time when women were discouraged from even looking through telescopes. Yet Mina believed that the universe, with its billions of stars, was a riddle--and she wanted to help solve it. Mina ultimately helped to create a map of the universe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FLETurner, Pamela S.
Summary: "Once upon a time there lived a girl who swept floors and washed dishes, and was little more than a servant to her family. Until, one day, an invitation arrived. It was an invitation to a new country and a new beginning--a place where Caroline's dreams, her fascination with the night sky, and her extraordinary talent would open up a world of beauty and renown, and make her the belle of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HERMortillaro, Nicole
Summary: "An in-depth look at the lives and accomplishments of seven . . . women in the world of astronomy and space study. With a focus on feminist and stem-related content, this non-fiction book is written by a Senior Science Reporter for CBC"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MORAlary, Laura
Summary: "As a child, Maria Mitchell longed to see beyond her little island of Nantucket. With help from her father, she discovered that, if you knew how to read them, the stars could tell you where you were -- and where you needed to go. Maria spent hours on the roof of her house scanning the sky -- finding constellations, nebulae, meteors, double stars. When the King of Denmark offered a prize to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB MITCHELL ALAMcCully, Emily Arnold
Summary: "Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet and the first woman to be paid as a scientist."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE STEM HerschelHightower, Paul (Paul W.)
Summary: Profiles the life of Galileo Galilei, focusing on his defense of the Copernican theory and his struggles with the Catholic Church.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 1997
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB GALILEO HIGDemuth, Patricia
Summary: "Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GALDatnow, Claire L.
Summary: Traces the life and work of the man whose study of galaxies led to a new understanding of the universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow 1997
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB HUBBLE DATMaupin, Melissa
Summary: Eighteenth-century mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker was widely known and respected in his time. Most of what he knew, he taught himself. His letter to Thomas Jefferson asked the future president to reconsider his racial prejudices. Learn about Banneker, who abolitionists would use as proof that people of any race can be equally intelligent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BANSisson, Stéphanie Roth
Summary: "A biography of Carl Sagan focusing on his childhood and culminating in the Voyager mission and the Golden Record"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SAGNickel, Sandra
Summary: "Vera Rubin was one of the astronomers who discovered and named dark matter, the thing that keeps the universe hanging together. Throughout her career she was never taken seriously as a scientist because she was one of the only female astronomers at that time, but she didn't let that stop her. She made groundbreaking and incredibly significant discoveries that scientists have only recently been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUBCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUBReynoso, Naibe
Summary: Brief biographies in rhyme of 11 notable Latinos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Con Todo Press 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REYCall number: J SPANISH 920 REY