The sky's the limit :
Thimmesh, Catherine.
The sky's the limit : stories of discovery by women and girls / - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2002. - 73 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-67) and index.
To obtain knowledge of, as through observation or study: It sure is dark out there / Vera Rubin -- Let's start at the very beginning / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- The little rover that could / Donna Shirley -- Tools in the jungle / Jane Goodall -- To be the first to find, learn of, or observe: Biggest, baddest, best / Sue Hendrickson -- The longest day of the year / Anna Sofaer -- My, what big teeth you have / Mary Leakey -- On the road again / June Moxon -- A desire to know or learn: Get the lead out / Katie Murray -- Up in smoke / Klara, Eli, Erin, Lindsey -- Drinkable puddles / Rachael Charles.
Presents brief accounts of the work of a variety of women scientists in such fields as astronomy, biology, anthropology, and medicine.
0618076980 (RNF) 9780618076987 0618494898 (pbk.) 9780618494897 (pbk.)
2001039111
Women in science--Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in science--Juvenile literature.
Women in science.
Discoveries in science.
Q130 / .T47 2002
500/.82
The sky's the limit : stories of discovery by women and girls / - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2002. - 73 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-67) and index.
To obtain knowledge of, as through observation or study: It sure is dark out there / Vera Rubin -- Let's start at the very beginning / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- The little rover that could / Donna Shirley -- Tools in the jungle / Jane Goodall -- To be the first to find, learn of, or observe: Biggest, baddest, best / Sue Hendrickson -- The longest day of the year / Anna Sofaer -- My, what big teeth you have / Mary Leakey -- On the road again / June Moxon -- A desire to know or learn: Get the lead out / Katie Murray -- Up in smoke / Klara, Eli, Erin, Lindsey -- Drinkable puddles / Rachael Charles.
Presents brief accounts of the work of a variety of women scientists in such fields as astronomy, biology, anthropology, and medicine.
0618076980 (RNF) 9780618076987 0618494898 (pbk.) 9780618494897 (pbk.)
2001039111
Women in science--Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in science--Juvenile literature.
Women in science.
Discoveries in science.
Q130 / .T47 2002
500/.82