Ultimate Girls' Guide to Science: From Backyard Experiments to Writing the Nobel Prize - Softcover

Hoyt, Beth Caldwell; Ritter, Erica; Caldwell Hoyt, Beth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1582700923 ISBN 13: 9781582700922

Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Offers students a comprehensive guide to women in science, complete with mini-bios of young girl scientists, profiles of famous women scientists in history, and easy experiments. Original.

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Synopsis

ULTIMATE GIRLS' GUIDE TO SCIENCE is the only book that shows girls that it's okay, even cool and fun, to love science. Today, girls are starting their own Web sites, winning science competitions, and inventing new technologies - this book shares their stories and lets other girls know that it's possible to enjoy and excel at science! ULTIMATE GIRLS' GUIDE TO SCIENCE is filled with fun and accessible information about a variety of science topics. In the book, authors Hoyt and Ritter provide girls with a "Bill Nye, the science guy" style approach to science. Each chapter focuses on a particular science discipline, and features: - Biographies of famous women scientists in history, such as Hypathia, Maria Curie,Ada Lovelace, and Mae Jamison - Easy at-home experiments readers can try - Quotes from girls who answer the question "Why do I love science?" - Amazing and interesting science factoids - Mini-bios of young girl scientists, such as Mariangela Lisanti, who at 17 won USD 100.000 science scholarship after using stereo speakers to study electron movement! - Resources for girls to get more information on their favourite science topic or science organisations

Edition details

• Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1582700923
• ISBN 13: 9781582700922
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144