Lives of the scientists : experiments, explosions (and what the neighbors thought)

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  • Auteur: Krull, Kathleen
    Contributor:

    Thurston, Charlie

    Résumé:

    Scientists have a reputation for being focused on their work and maybe even dull. But take another look. Did you know that it's believed Galileo was scolded by the Roman Inquisition for sassing his mom? That Isaac Newton loved to examine soap bubbles? That Albert Einstein loved to collect joke books, and that geneticist Barbara McClintock wore a Groucho Marx disguise in public?

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Juvenile nonfiction, Science
    Original Publisher: [Ashland, Oregon] , Blackstone Publishing
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9780792795278

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    9781482100952

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    1482100959

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Thurston, Charlie

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Scientists have a reputation for being focused on their work and maybe even dull. But take another look. Did you know that it's believed Galileo was scolded by the Roman Inquisition for sassing his mom? That Isaac Newton loved to examine soap bubbles? That Albert Einstein loved to collect joke books, and that geneticist Barbara McClintock wore a Groucho Marx disguise in public?

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Biographies and autobiographies
Juvenile nonfiction
Science
Publisher (Source)

[Ashland, Oregon]

Blackstone Publishing

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