Lives of the scientists : experiments, explosions (and what the neighbors thought)
Krull, Kathleen,
Lives of the scientists : experiments, explosions (and what the neighbors thought) - 96 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
"The illustrations in this book were done in oil paint on Arches paper."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references, page 96.
Dragons and frogs : Zhang Heng -- Writing on horseback : Ibn S�in�a -- Full of stars--and himself : Galileo -- The importance of an apple : Isaac Newton -- "Promise not to call me a lunatic" : William and Caroline Herschel -- Throwing up at the sight of blood : Charles Darwin -- Caterpillars in the lab : Louis Pasteur -- Very famous dogs : Ivan Pavlov -- Science can be delicious : George Washington Carver -- A blue-green glow : Marie Curie -- Fooling around for eight hours a day : Albert Einstein -- Cowboy songs in the dark : Edwin Hubble -- Watering corn with her tears : Barbara McClintock -- "Computers were more fun" : Grace Murray Hopper -- Imagining surf : Rachel Carson -- "A dear old friend" : Chien-Shiung Wu -- "Two people are better than one" : James D. Watson and Francis Crick -- From waitress to world expert : Jane Goodall.
Profiles 18 of history's most noteworthy scientists, from Zhang Heng and Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and Barbara McClintock, sharing lesser-known facts about their favorite activities, relationships, and eccentricities.
9780152059095 (hardback) 0152059091 (hardback)
2012953333
Scientists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Science--History--Juvenile literature.
Q141 / .K698 2013
509.2/2 B
Lives of the scientists : experiments, explosions (and what the neighbors thought) - 96 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
"The illustrations in this book were done in oil paint on Arches paper."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references, page 96.
Dragons and frogs : Zhang Heng -- Writing on horseback : Ibn S�in�a -- Full of stars--and himself : Galileo -- The importance of an apple : Isaac Newton -- "Promise not to call me a lunatic" : William and Caroline Herschel -- Throwing up at the sight of blood : Charles Darwin -- Caterpillars in the lab : Louis Pasteur -- Very famous dogs : Ivan Pavlov -- Science can be delicious : George Washington Carver -- A blue-green glow : Marie Curie -- Fooling around for eight hours a day : Albert Einstein -- Cowboy songs in the dark : Edwin Hubble -- Watering corn with her tears : Barbara McClintock -- "Computers were more fun" : Grace Murray Hopper -- Imagining surf : Rachel Carson -- "A dear old friend" : Chien-Shiung Wu -- "Two people are better than one" : James D. Watson and Francis Crick -- From waitress to world expert : Jane Goodall.
Profiles 18 of history's most noteworthy scientists, from Zhang Heng and Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and Barbara McClintock, sharing lesser-known facts about their favorite activities, relationships, and eccentricities.
9780152059095 (hardback) 0152059091 (hardback)
2012953333
Scientists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Science--History--Juvenile literature.
Q141 / .K698 2013
509.2/2 B