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the story of planetary astronomer Heidi Hammel
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Bortz, Fred
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 2005
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- bètawetenschappen, astronomie, Verenigde Staten, biografie
- Description
- Heidi Hammel is a planetary astronomer, a scientist who uses the world’s most powerful telescopes to learn about planets. By making discoveries in the furthest reaches of our solar system, Heidi also helps to better understand the earth. The giant planets Neptune and Uranus are Heidi’s specialties. She was on the team that first spotted Neptune’s Great Dark Spot, a raging storm as big as Earth. Heidi also led a team of astronomers tracking the Great Comet Crash, a spectacular event in which a fragmented comet pounded Jupiter for an entire week.
the story of physicist Shirley Ann Jackson
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- O'Connell, Diane
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 2005
- Thesaurus
- natuurkunde, wiskunde, zwarte vrouwen, Verenigde Staten, biografie
- Description
- Shirley Ann Jackson is an expert in the invisible particles that make up everything in the universe. She is a theoretical physicist, a scientist who studies the subatomic world using only paper, pencils, computers, and the most important tool of all: her imagination. Her passion for science blossomed during her childhood, with bumblebee experiments and go-cart races. But it’s her talent for math and her drive to succeed that have taken her career in amazing directions. Shirley uses her knowledge of electrons, neutrinos, and other particles of matter to better the lives of others—from solving important technology problems to teaching college physics to making nuclear power plants safer.
the story of climate scientist Inez Fung
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Skelton, Renee
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 2005
- Thesaurus
- bètawetenschappen, klimaatveranderingen, milieu, Verenigde Staten, biografie
- Description
- Inez Fung forecasts a future when Earth could look and feel a lot different than it does now. Why care about climate change? Because it affects every living thing on Earth. What if the climate began to change dramatically? What if a warmer climate caused the polar ice caps to melt and sea levels to rise? Inez Fung is a climate scientist, she investigates why climate changes happen and how we can prepare for them, using data about the planet’s land masses, oceans, and atmosphere to create computer models of Earth. Even gas and dust embedded in polar ice half a millions years ago can tell Inez about climates of the past—and give clues about Earth’s climate future.
the story of planetary geologist Adriana Ocampo
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Hopping, Lorraine Jean
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 2005
- Thesaurus
- bètawetenschappen, astronomie, astronauten, Verenigde Staten, biografie
- Description
- This is story of a scientist and her science. How did Adriana Ocampo land a job with NASA, the U.S. space agency, while still in her teens and how a robot parked on Mars make her fall in love with rocks—and instantly decide to become a planetary geologist. Adriana’s imagination and can-do attitude have led her to a life of science adventures. She helped find the missing Crater of Doom, a hole blasted out of the Earth by a 'killer' space rock 65 million years ago, when the dinosaurs died out. Now she’s searching the world for the stuff that came from that crater. Between rock digs, she explores other planets through the electronic eyes of NASA’s robotic spacecraft.
the story of neuropsychologist Nancy Wexler
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Glimm, Adele
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 2005
- Thesaurus
- medische wetenschappen, artsen, Venezuela, Verenigde Staten, biografie
- Description
- Wexler's quarry is the gene responsible for a fatal, inherited sickness called Huntington’s disease. Finding this gene is a vital step toward preventing or curing Huntington’s and thus saving lives. Nancy’s work is a race against time—not only for others but maybe for herself, as well. Nancy, the daughter of a Huntington’s patient, is at risk for this disease. Nancy’s work takes her all over the world, specifically to small villages in Venezuela where the mysterious gene affects more people than anywhere else on the globe. Blood samples generously donated by the villagers hold the clues to discovering the gene. Hunter, detective, scientist—Nancy is all these, plus a friend to people everywhere who are affected by Huntington’s and other diseases of the brain.
the story of forensic anthropologist Diane France
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Hopping, Lorraine Jean
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 2005
- Thesaurus
- bètawetenschappen, antropologie, politie, Verenigde Staten, biografie
- Description
- Diane France loves bones. Why? Because they talk to her. Every skeleton holds secrets about the life—and death—of its owner. Diane is a forensic anthropologist, a bone detective. She has the science skills and know-how to examine bones for clues to a mystery: who was this person and how did he or she die? Bones tell Diane about the life and times of famous people in history, from a Russian royal family to American outlaws and war heroes. They speak to her about murders, mass disasters, and fatal accidents.
the story of robot designer Cynthia Breazeal
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Brown, Jordan D.
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 2005
- Thesaurus
- bètawetenschappen, natuurkunde, computers, media, Verenigde Staten, biografie
- Description
- Cynthia Breazeal is a creature creator. Armed with electronic gadgets, software programs, and her endless imagination, she creates lifelike machines that can respond to the world around them. Cynthia Breazeal is a roboticist, a scientist who designs, builds, and experiments with robots. Robots are part of her daily life at the MIT Media Lab. She and her students use their computer science and engineering skills to work on marvels like Leonardo, a robot that interacts with people in ways that seem almost human. Cynthia’s other world-famous projects include Kismet, an emotionally intelligent robot that smiles, frowns, and babbles like a baby.
the story of wildlife biologist Amy Vedder
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Ebersole, Rene
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 2005
- Thesaurus
- biologie, dieren, Verenigde Staten, Afrika, biografie
- Description
- Amy is a wildlife biologist, a scientist who studies animals and their behavior. She uses her knowledge to save animals whose lives and habitats are threatened. Amy once lived in a remote part of central Africa, where she helped rescue Rwanda’s mountain gorillas from extinction. She did groundbreaking science in a rain forest environment, but it wasn’t always easy. She had to face tough conditions in a country affected by conflict and war. Today Amy travels the world, from her home base at New York’s Bronx Zoo to the far reaches of Mongolia in Asia.
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