Groundbreaking Scientists

by J.P. Miller, Chellie Carroll (Illustrator)

Overview

Read about the men and women who have improved our lives through science including Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, astronaut Mae Jemison, inventor George Washington Carver, psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark, and many more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781427128133
Publisher:	Crabtree Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2021
Series:	Black Stories Matter Series
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	980L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 11 Years

Table of Contents

Benjamin Banneker: If Memory serves me 4

Dr. Segenet Kelumu: The day of the locusts 9

Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock: Stargazer 12

George Washington. Carver: Serving the land 15

Dr. Mae Jemison: Space dreamer 18

Drs. Kenneth & Mamie Clark: How dolls helped end segregation 22

Dr. Patricia Bath: 20/20 vision 25

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams: A work of heart 30

Philip Emeagwali: The connection that changed the world 33

Mary Seacole: Mission of compassion 36

Mini Biographies

Dr. Alan Goffe 40

Dr. Marie Maynard Daly 41

Dr. Ernest Everett Just 41

Jesse Russell, Sr 42

Carolyn Parker 42

Dr. Wangari Maathai 43

Dr. Gladys West 44

Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott 45

Glossary 46

Learning More and Quote Sources 47

Index, Author and Illustrator Biographies 48