Grasping mysteries, girls who loved math, Jeannine Atkins
Type
Label
Grasping mysteries, girls who loved math, Jeannine Atkins
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
960L, Lexile
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 10 Up, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
resource.interestGradeLevel
Grades 4-6, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Grasping mysteries
Oclc number
1178738344
Responsibility statement
Jeannine Atkins
Sub title
girls who loved math
Summary
A biographical novel in verse of seven girls from different time periods who used math to explore the mysteries of the universe and grew up to do innovate work that changed history
Table Of Contents
Looking up: Caroline Herschel -- Making change with charts I: Florence Nightingale -- Exploring currents: Hertha Marks Ayrton -- Mapping what's hidden: Marie Tharp -- Creating paths through space: Katherine Johnson -- Making change with charts II: Edna Lee Paisano -- Looking beyond: Vera Rubin
Target audience
pre adolescent
Classification
Creator
Genre
Subject
- Tharp, Marie -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Paisano, Edna L. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Rubin, Vera C., 1928-2016 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Novels in verse
- Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Johnson, Katherine G. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Mathematicians -- Juvenile fiction
- Scientists -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Ayrton, Hertha, 1854-1923 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Sex role -- Juvenile fiction
Content
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject12
- Tharp, Marie -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Paisano, Edna L. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Rubin, Vera C., 1928-2016 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Novels in verse
- Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Johnson, Katherine G. -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Mathematicians -- Juvenile fiction
- Scientists -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Ayrton, Hertha, 1854-1923 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Sex role -- Juvenile fiction
- Content1
- Mapped to1