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Grasping mysteries : girls who loved math

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2020

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Title:	Grasping mysteries : girls who loved math
Author:	Atkins, Jeannine, 1953- author.
Edition:	First edition.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020. ©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.
Audience:	Ages 10 Up. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Grades 4-6. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 960L Lexile
Subjects:	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. Mathematicians -- Fiction. Scientists -- Juvenile fiction. Sex role -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre:	Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Novels in verse.
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.
ISBN	9781534460683

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