Teresa Robeson
Author
Publisher
MIT Kids Press
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Nebula, a massive cloud of dust and gas floating so far away, it would take you seven hundred light-years or more to visit. Nebula is no ordinary cloud; Nebula is a kaleidoscope of color, twirling the universe's materials to form stars, planets--and even the elements in our bodies. Discover the little-known astronomical phenomena of nebulae in this picture book"--Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
960L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China in the early 1900s, girls typically did not attend school. They weren't considered as smart as boys. But her parents thought differently, so they gave her a name meaning "courageous hero" and encouraged her love of learning and science. Chien Shiung found her passion in physics, which took her from her small hometown of Liuhe to the National Central University in Nanjing and then all the way to the United States....