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Lives of the scientists : experiments, explosions (and what the neighbors thought)

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: 96 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780152059095 (hardback)
  • 0152059091 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509.2/2 B 23
LOC classification:
  • Q141 .K698 2013
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
JNF JNF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction J 509.2 KRU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000514160

"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.

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