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|Science Biographies Too |

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|595.7 JAC |

|Jackson, Donna M., 1959-. The bug scientists. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2002. |

|Bug scientists, called entomologists, present information on insects and explain how they use that information in their work. |

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|597.8 TUR |

|Turner, Pamela S. The frog scientist. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009. |

|Discusses the work of Tyrone Hayes and his efforts to study and protect frogs, and follows Hayes into the field with his students to perform|

|experiments with various types of frogs. |

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|920 VEN |

|Venezia, Mike. Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak : geek heroes who put the personal in computers. New York : Children's Press, c2010. |

|Profiles the lives and accomplishments of computer engineers Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. |

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|920 WRI |

|Venezia, Mike. The Wright brothers : inventors whose ideas really took flight. New York : Children's Press, 2010. |

|Introduction to the lives and careers of brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, who built and flew the first successful powered airplane. |

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|B ALV |

|Venezia, Mike. Luis Alvarez : wild idea man. New York : Children's Press, c2010. |

|Describes the life and accomplishments of twentieth-century American, experimental physicist and inventor, Luis Alvarez. |

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|B AND |

|Bausum, Ann. Dragon bones and dinosaur eggs : a photobiography of explorer Roy Chapman Andrews. Washington, DC : National Geographic |

|Society, c2000. |

|A biography of the great explorer-adventurer, who discovered huge finds of dinosaur bones in Mongolia, pioneered modern paleontology field |

|research, and became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. |

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|B BEL |

|Venezia, Mike. Alexander Graham Bell : setting the tone for communication. New York : Children's Press, c2009. |

|Describes the life and accomplishments of scientist, inventor, and teacher Alexander Graham Bell, who is best known for inventing the |

|telephone. |

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|B CAR |

|Venezia, Mike. Rachel Carson : clearing the way for environmental protection. New York : Children's Press, c2010. |

|Describes the life and accomplishments of American marine biologist and environmentalist Rachel Carson. |

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|B CUR |

|Venezia, Mike. Marie Curie : scientist who made glowing discoveries. New York : Children's Press, c2009. |

|Examines the life and accomplishments of Polish-born scientist Marie Curie, discussing the challenges she faced as a woman in the field of |

|chemistry and looking at her pioneering work in radiology. |

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|B DRE |

|Venezia, Mike. Charles Drew : doctor who got the world pumped up to donate blood. New York : Children's Press, c2009. |

|Biography of Charles Drew, an African-American doctor who created ways for people to safely donate and receive blood and helped establish |

|the blood bank system. |

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|B EDI |

|Venezia, Mike. Thomas Edison : inventor with a lot of bright ideas. New York : Children's Press, c2009. |

|Traces the life of the inventor of the phonograph, the first successful light bulb, and the first movie camera. |

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|B EIN |

|Venezia, Mike. Albert Einstein : universal genius. New York : Children's Press, c2009. |

|Introduction to the life and work of the twentieth-century physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking. |

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|B FOR |

|Venezia, Mike. Henry Ford : big wheel in the auto industry. New York : Children's Press, c2009. |

|Biography of Henry Ford, the entrepreneur famous for his assembly line system. |

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|B FOS |

|Matthews, Tom, 1949-. Light shining through the mist : a photobiography of Dian Fossey. Washington, DC : National Geographic Society, c1998.|

|Traces the adventurous life of the American woman who worked as a zoologist among the mountain gorillas of the Virunga area of central |

|Africa. |

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|B FRA |

|Venezia, Mike. Benjamin Franklin : electrified the world with new ideas. New York : Children's Press, c2010. |

|Describes the life and accomplishments of inventor, writer, scientist, and statesman Benjamin Franklin, whose important contributions led |

|the fight for American independence. |

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|B GLE |

|Mitchell, Don, 1957-. Liftoff : a photobiography of John Glenn. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2006. |

|Biography of John Glenn, decorated Marine Corps pilot, test pilot, astronaut, businessman, U.S. Senator, and the oldest human being in |

|space. |

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|B GOO |

|Venezia, Mike. Jane Goodall : researcher who champions chimps. New York : Children's Press, 2010. |

|Profiles the life of Jane Goodall, the first primatologist to study wild chimpanzees in the African forest. |

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|B HAW |

|Venezia, Mike. Stephen Hawking : cosmologist who gets a big bang out of the universe. New York : Children's Press, c2009. |

|Introduction to the life and career of the physicist Stephen Hawking. |

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|B LEA |

|Venezia, Mike. Mary Leakey : archaeologist who really dug her work. New York : Children's Press, c2009. |

|Biography of Mary Leakey, archaeologist who traveled to Africa's Serengeti and reshaped what we know about our pre-human ancestors. |

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|B MEI |

|Venezia, Mike. Lise Meitner : had the right vision about nuclear fission. New York : Children's Press, c2010. |

|Describes the life and accomplishments of Austrian-born physicist Lise Meitner, focusing on her work with nuclear fission. |

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|B WIL |

|Venezia, Mike. Daniel Hale Williams : surgeon who opened hearts and minds. New York : Children's Press, c2010. |

|Biography of African American surgeon Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, who founded the first non-segregated hospital in the U.S. and who pioneered |

|performing surgery on the lining around the heart. |

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