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Herschel, Caroline Lucretia 1750-1848 Johnson, Katherine G Nightingale, Florence 1820-1910 Rubin, Vera C 1928-2016 Rubin, Vera C., 1928-2016 Juvenile literature Sex role Fiction Tharp, Marie Women astronomers Women astronomers United States Biography Juvenile literature Women BiographyAtkins, Jeannine
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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2020
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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