Displaying 1 of 1 2013 Format: Book Author: Krull, Kathleen. Title: Lives of the scientists : experiments, explosions (and what the neighbors thought) / written by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt. Publisher, Date: Boston : Harcourt Children's Books, 2013. Description: 96 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm Summary: Profiles many 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. Subjects: Scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Science -- History -- Juvenile literature. Other Author: Hewitt, Kathryn. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 96). Contents: Dragons and grogs / Zhang Heng -- Writing on horseback / Ibn Sina -- 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. ISBN: 9780152059095 0152059091 Other Number: 835189574 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 370879 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: j 509.22 Krull Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
