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Title Grasping mysteries : girls who loved math / Jeannine Atkins. Imprint New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2020]
Call # ATKINS Phys. Desc. 305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Audience Ages 10 Up. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Grades 4-6. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 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. 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. Subject Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction. Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction. Ayrton, Hertha, 1854-1923 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction. Tharp, Marie -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction. Johnson, Katherine G. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction. Paisano, Edna L. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction. Rubin, Vera C., 1928-2016 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction. Novels in verse -- Juvenile fiction. Mathematicians -- Juvenile fiction. Scientists -- Juvenile fiction. Sex role -- Juvenile fiction. Genre Historical fiction. lcgft Novels in verse. lcgft Alt Author Assanelli, Victoria, 1984- illustrator. ISBN 9781534460683 1534460683 9781534460690 1534460691
