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3) Sally Ride
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In this fascinating picture book, young readers meet Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into space, and learn how she believed science should be inclusive, prompting her to found an organization encouraging better science education so everyone canreach for the stars!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school. But her parents named their daughter "Courageous Hero" and encouraged her love of science. This biography follows Wu as she battles sexism at home and racism in the UnitedStates of America to become what Newsweek magazine called the "Queen of Physics" for her work on how atoms split"--
7) Feynman
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"In this substantial graphic novel biography, First Second presents the larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, world-class raconteur, and one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Richard Feynman. Written by nonfiction comics mainstay Jim Ottaviani and brilliantly illustrated by First Second author Leland Myrick, Feynman tells the story of the great man's life from his childhood in Long Island...
9) Oppenheimer
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Bomb meets Code Girls in this nonfiction narrative about the little-known female scientists who were critical to the invention of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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