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The sky's the limit : stories of discovery by women and girls

They study the night sky, watch chimpanzees in the wild, & dig up ancient clay treasures. They search the beach for rare fossils, photograph old rock carvings, explore the hazards of lead poisoning, & wander into dark caves. Young & old, they are women & girls who discover 70-million-year-old sea lizards, the origins of counting & writing, Stone Age cave art, mysterious matter in the universe, & how a puddle of water can be sanitized when heated by the sun. Here is a tribute to the findings & revelations of these remarkable women & girls: to their perseverance & their wondrous curiosity. Here are discoveries that open our eyes not only to what women & girls can accomplish but also to the astonishing world in which we live. Ill.

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Call Number
500 THI
Publisher
Boston, USA : Houghton Mifflin Company.,
Collation
73 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN/ISSN
0618494898
Classification
500
Content Type
text
Media Type
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Edition
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Subject(s)
Discoveries in science
Women in science
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