She caught the light Williamina Stevens Fleming : astronomer
"Ever since Williamina Fleming was little she was curious, and her childhood fascination with light inspired her life's work. Mina became an astronomer in a time when women were discouraged from even looking through telescopes. Yet Mina believed that the universe, with its billions of star...
| Main Author: | Lasky, Kathryn (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Swaney, Julianna (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Ever since Williamina Fleming was little she was curious, and her childhood fascination with light inspired her life's work. Mina became an astronomer in a time when women were discouraged from even looking through telescopes. Yet Mina believed that the universe, with its billions of stars, was a riddle--and she wanted to help solve it. Mina ultimately helped to create a map of the universe that paved the way for astronomers. Newbery Honor-winning Kathryn Lasky shares her incredible true story." -- Amazon.com. Presents the life of Scottish-born astronomer Williamina Stevens Fleming and how her work chipped away at sexist barriers of the late nineteenth century. |
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| Physical Description: |
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Audience: |
Ages 4-8. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (page [33]). |
| ISBN: |
9780062849304 0062849301 |
| Author Notes: |
She has written more than seventy books for children and young adults on everything from historical fiction to picture books and nonfiction books including the Dear America books and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Many of her books are illustrated with photographs by her husband, Christopher Knight. She has received many awards for her titles including Sugaring Time which was a Newberry Honor Book; The Night Journey which won the National Jewish Book Award for Children; Pageant which was an ALA Notable Children's book; and Beyond the Burning Time which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She has also received the Washington Post's Children's Book Guild Award for her contribution to children's nonfiction. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) |