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Sally Ride soared into outer space on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, the youngest astronaut and the first U.S. woman in space. Just 32 years old that year, this California girl was already an accomplished astrophysicist when NASA chose her from over 8,000 applicants to join its team of astronauts. Since then, Sally Ride has spent over 343 hours in space.
64) Marie Curie
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"Learn about Marie Curie's childhood and her days as a bright young student in Russian-occupied Poland all the way to her Nobel Prize-winning work in Physics and Chemistry." --
"Here's a biography of the brilliant scientist, Marie Curie, told in the form of a graphic novel."--Back cover.
65) Women in physics
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Profiles women who have made major contributions in physics, and includes vocational opportunities for women in the field.
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"What if superheroes didn't have supernatural powers, but were humans with incredible drive, who worked really hard to expand their knowledge? What if our superheroes were scientists? This first book in the My Super Science Heroes series is about Marie Curie and her many glowing achievements. Using a fictionalized storytelling approach, readers will learn about Marie Curie's many accomplishments, the power of persistence, and will feel empowered to...
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Olivia Hamilton is married to the love of her life, Dean, a private jet pilot. When he vanishes over the Bermuda Triangle, Olivia must eventually let go of the hope that he might still be alive. Melanie Brown is a particle physicist who studies the Bermuda Triangle, but when her mother dies in a tragic accident, Melanie struggles to reboot her life and career, starting a love affair with her therapist. A shocking discovery shows Olivia's and Melanie's...
71) Lise Meitner
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"Lise Meitner in The My Itty-Bitty Bio series is a biography for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Lise Meitner in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. The series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions. Includes a timeline, primary sources, glossary, and index"--
72) Sally Ride
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"Sally Ride was the first American female astronaut to go to space. She worked on a space shuttle for two different missions. But Sally Ride did more than just travel to space. She also was a teacher, an author, and a scientist. Learn more about her amazing life in this new level 3 biography!, "--Page 4 of cover.
73) Marie Curie
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Presents the life and accomplishments of the famed chemist, from her education at the Sorbonne in Paris to her work in radioactivity and her scientific accolades.
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"In the late 1800's, Poland was under the rule of the Russian Czar. Being Polish during this time was anything but easy. Yet, it was during this time that Maria Sklodowska not only completed high school at the age of fifteen, but with the highest honors. She even took a job secretly teaching the outlawed Polish language. She is better known today as Madame Marie Curie, the woman who discovered radioactivity! Marie Curie would go on to be the first...
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Elizabeth Petrov thriller volume 1
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The Russians have developed a weapons system so powerful it could alter the balance of power in the world-and in space. What happens when an admittedly nerdy CalTech physics grad, working at NASA's renowned Jet Propulsion Laboratory in sunny Pasadena, is recruited by a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) desperate to close the gap?
78) Marie Curie
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Introducing a brand new 2018 series that covers core curriculum topics in all academic areas. Developed by a science curriculum writer, this program explores the incredible achievements of female pioneer and scientist Marie Curie.
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"Curie's unique drive--against all odds--to understand Nature's ways and laws led to ground-breaking discoveries, which revolutionized medical theory and practice. She was the first female Nobel Prize winner and, to date, the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two categories; first physics and later in chemistry." -- from amazon.com
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"¡Explora las maravillas de la física! Aprende junto con las físicas inspiradoras cuyas innovaciones cambiaron el mundo. Descubre el poder de la curiosidad y la capacidad para adaptarse a través de una conversación entre una protagonista joven y valiente que hace preguntas sobre el mundo a su alrededor, y un narrador científicamente astuto cuyas respuestas son exactas y comprensibles para las mentes jóvenes. Las mujeres en la física es el...
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