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Grasping mysteries : girls who loved math

2020

Author:	Atkins, Jeannine, 1953- author.
Title:	Grasping mysteries : girls who loved math / Jeannine Atkins.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2020]
Description:	305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 10 Up. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Grades 4-6. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Subjects:	Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction. Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction. Ayrton, Hertha, 1854-1923 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction. Tharp, Marie -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction. Johnson, Katherine G. -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction. Paisano, Edna L. -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction. Rubin, Vera C., 1928-2016 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction. Novels in verse. Mathematicians -- Fiction. Scientists -- Fiction. Sex role -- Fiction.
Notes:	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.
Contents:	Looking up: Caroline Herschel -- Making change with charts I: Florence Nightingale -- Exploring currents: Hertha Marks Ayrton -- Mapping what's hidden: Marie Tharp -- Creating paths through space: Katherine Johnson -- Making change with charts II: Edna Lee Paisano -- Looking beyond: Vera Rubin.
LCCN:	2019037196
ISBN:	9781534460683 1534460683 9781534460690 1534460691
Other Number:	1178738344
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	1171356
Call Number:	J ATKINS
Course Reserves:	0
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