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1 sound file : digital |
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audio file rda |
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eAudiobook tlcgt |
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Juvenile tlctarget |
| Note |
Electronic audio file. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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 -- Source other than Library of Congress. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2013 Available via World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. -- Sound recordings.
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Science -- History -- Juvenile literature. -- Sound recordings.
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| Genre |
Electronic audio books.
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| Added Author |
Hewitt, Kathryn
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OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
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| ISBN |
9780792795285 (electronic audio bk.) |
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