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

Krull, Kathleen.

Book 2013

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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ISBN:

9780152059095
0152059091

Description:

96 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:

"The illustrations in this book were done in oil paint on Arches paper."--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references, page 96

Contents:

Dragons and frogs : Zhang Heng
Writing on horseback : Ibn Sīnā
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

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2012953333

Control Number:

948652

Other Authors:

Hewitt, Kathryn

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