Kid scientists : true tales of childhood from science superstars
Shares sixteen true tales from the childhoods of famous scientists, including Sally Ride, Jane Goodall, Isaac Newton, and Stephen Hawking.
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Scientists > Biography > Juvenile literature. |
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Biographies. |
- ISBN: 9781683690740
- Physical Description 207 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2018.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Kid Scientists : True Tales of Childhood from Science Superstars
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Kid Scientists : True Tales of Childhood from Science Superstars
Funny and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell tales from the challenging yet defining growing-up years of Albert Einstein, Jane Goodall, Marie Curie, and 12 other brilliantscientists. Every greatscientiststarted out as a kid. Before their experiments, inventions, and discoveries that changed the world, the world's most celebratedscientistshad regular-kid problems just like you. Stephen Hawking hated school, and preferred to spend his free time building model airplanes, inventing board games, and even building his own computer. Jane Goodall got in trouble for bringing worms and snails into her house. And Neil deGrasse Tyson had to start a dog-walking business to save up money to buy a telescope. Kid Scientists tells the stories of a diverse and inclusive group-also including Temple Grandin,Nikola Tesla , Ada Lovelace, Benjamin Franklin , Isaac Newton, Rosalind Franklin,Sally Ride , Rachel Carson , George Washington Carver , and Vera Rubin -through kid-friendly texts and full-color cartoon illustrations on nearly every page.