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Kid scientists : true tales of childhood from science superstars /

"Forget the moon landing, the Nobel prizes, and the famous inventions. When the world's most brilliant scientists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Albert Einstein daydreamed instead of paying attention in class. Jane Goodall got in trouble for bringing worms an...

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Main Authors: Stabler, David (Author)
Group Author: Syed, Anoosha (Illustrator)
Published: Quirk Books,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, PA :
Publication Dates: [2018]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Kid legends
Subjects:
Scientists > Childhood and youth > Juvenile literature.
Scientists > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Summary: "Forget the moon landing, the Nobel prizes, and the famous inventions. When the world's most brilliant scientists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Albert Einstein daydreamed instead of paying attention in class. Jane Goodall got in trouble for bringing worms and snails in her house. And Neil deGrasse Tyson had to start a dog-walking business to save up money to buy a telescope. Kid Scientists tells these stories and more with full-color cartoon illustrations on nearly every page"--Back cover.
Carrier Form: 207 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-200) and index.
ISBN: 9781683690740 (hardcover) :
1683690745 (hardcover)
Index Number: Q141
CLC: K816.1-49
Call Number: K816.1-49/S775
Contents: Part one. Katherine Johnson: you can count on me -- Vera Rubin: galaxy girl -- Sally Ride: team player -- Neil deGrasse Tyson: look up! -- Part two. George Washington Carver: the plant whisperer -- Rachel Carson: a sense of wonder -- Jane Goodall: bringing the outdoors in -- Temple Grandin: through an animal's eyes -- Part three. Isaac Newton: underachiever no more -- Marie Curie: a secret education -- Albert Einstein: bad Albert -- Rosalind Franklin: an inquiring mind -- Part four. Benjamin Franklin: father of invention -- Ada Lovelace: poetical science -- Nikola Tesla: like mother, like son -- Stephen Hawking: the boy builder.

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