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
PublicationBoston : Harcourt Children's Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Copyright Date©2013
Description96 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references, page 96.
LCCN 2012953333
ISBN9780152059095 (hardback)
ISBN0152059091 (hardback)