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Great discoveriesAtkins, 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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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ATKTurner, Pamela S.
Summary: "Once upon a time there lived a girl who swept floors and washed dishes, and was little more than a servant to her family. Until, one day, an invitation arrived. It was an invitation to a new country and a new beginning--a place where Caroline's dreams, her fascination with the night sky, and her extraordinary talent would open up a world of beauty and renown, and make her the belle of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HERMcCully, Emily Arnold
Summary: "Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet and the first woman to be paid as a scientist."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Bio HerschelLemonick, Michael D.
Summary: A tribute to the scientific contributions of William Herschel and his pioneering sister, Caroline, describes their establishment of surveying techniques that are still in use, Caroline's cataloging of nebulae, and William's discovery of infrared radiation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520.922 LEMBrown, Carrie
Summary: Brown creates from history a compelling story of familial collaboration and conflict, the sublime beauty of astronomy, and the small but essential place we have within a vast and astonishing cosmos. Through astronomer William Herschel's sister Lina’s trials and successes, we witness the dawning of an early feminist consciousness, of a woman struggling to find her own place among the stars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2016