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Lives of the scientists : experiments, explosions (and what the neighbors thought) / written by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt.

by Krull, Kathleen.

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Harcourt Children's Books, c2013.

Scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Science -- History -- Juvenile literature.

96 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 96).

Dragons and grogs / Zhang Heng -- Writing on horseback / Ibn Sina -- 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.

Profiles many 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.

Biography, Juvenile.

Hewitt, Kathryn.

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