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

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  • Author: Krull, Kathleen
    Contributor:

    Thurston, Charlie

    Summary:

    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

Abstract

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
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[Ashland, Oregon]

Blackstone Publishing

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