Lives of the scientists : experiments, explosions (and what the neighbors thought) / written by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt.
| Author/creator | Krull, Kathleen author. |
| Other author | Hewitt, Kathryn, illustrator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Boston : Harcourt Children's Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. |
| Copyright Date | ©2013 |
| Description | 96 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Dragons and frogs : Zhang Heng -- Writing on horseback : Ibn Sīnā -- 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. |
| Abstract | Profiles 18 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. |
| General note | "The illustrations in this book were done in oil paint on Arches paper."--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references, page 96. |
| LCCN | 2012953333 |
| ISBN | 9780152059095 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0152059091 (hardback) |