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-- Story of Maria Mitchell[2022]., Primary, Kids Can Press Call No: PICTURE NF ALA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of a pioneering 19th-century scientist and women's rights activist who became the first professional female astronomer in the U.S., first female member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and one of the first female college professors.
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Ã2017., Primary, Holiday House Call No: PICTURE B MCC Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An illustrated biography about Caroline Herschel, astronomer and the first woman paid to be a scientist.
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By Zemeckis, Robert, 1952-. pro. drt Starkey, Steve. pro Hart, James V. aus Goldenberg, Michael. aus Foster, Jodie. act McConaughey, Matthew, 1969-. act Woods, James, 1947-. act Hurt, John, 1940-. act Skerritt, Tom. act. act Bassett, Angela. act Silvestri, Alan Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996. Contact Druyan, Ann, 1949- Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) South Side Amusement Company2009., General, Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Con Edition: Special ed.; Widesc Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Connect to reviews of this title online Summary Note: After an astronomer discovers communication emanating from the star Vega, she leads an international team in deciphering it, and travels through space to contact the senders of the message.
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[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC ATKINS Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A biographical novel in verse of three different girls in three different time periods who grew up to become groundbreaking scientists"--Provided by publisher.
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By Sobel, Dava[2016]., Viking Call No: WOMEN'S STUDIES NF SOB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The little-known true story of the unexpected and remarkable contributions to astronomy made by a group of women working in the Harvard College Observatory from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s"--
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-- Head-strong :[2015], Broadway Books Call No: 920 SWA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Covering Nobel Prize winners and major innovators, as well as lesser-known but hugely significant scientists who influence our every day, Rachel Swaby's ... profiles span centuries of courageous thinkers and illustrate how each one's ideas developed, from their first moment of scientific engagement through the research and discovery for which they're best known"--Page 4 of cover.
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c2013, Juvenile, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Henrietta Swan Leavitt changed the course of astronomy when she was just twenty-five years old. Henrietta spent years measuring photographs of stars. Her discovery that certain stars had a fixed pattern to their changes in brightness made it possible for astronomers to measure greater stellar distances, leading to our present understanding of the size of the universe.
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c2013., Juvenile, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Henrietta Swan Leavitt changed the course of astronomy when she was just twenty-five years old. Henrietta spent years measuring photographs of stars. Her discovery that certain stars had a fixed pattern to their changes in brightness made it possible for astronomers to measure greater stellar distances, leading to our present understanding of the size of the universe.
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2003., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 921 MITCHELL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Women in scienceSummary Note: Profiles a Vassar professor who was one of the most famous astronomers in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century.
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c2003., Chelsea House Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Women in science (Chelsea House Publishers)Summary Note: Profiles a Vassar professor who was one of the most famous astronomers in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century and whose central message to her students was "never cease to wonder."
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2019., Juvenile, Bellwether Media Call No: 523.4092 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Blastoff! readers.Summary Note: Is there an Earth twin hiding in the stars? Sara Seager is on a mission to find out! The astrophysicist is leading the quest to explore planets beyond our solar system. Early readers can discover more about Sara's life and scientific work in this engaging biography.
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Juvenile Call No: B Sea Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Blastoff! readers. Women leading the waySummary Note: "Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Sara Seager. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade."--
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[2019]., Primary, Beach Lane Books Call No: PICTURE NF BAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Every evening, from the time she was a child, Maria Mitchell stood on her rooftop with her telescope and swept the sky. And then one night she saw something unusual--a comet no one had ever seen before! Miss Mitchell's extraordinary discovery made her famous the world over and paved the way for her to become America's first professional female astronomer"--Provided by publisher.
