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Volume 4 of Biography Today: Scientists & Inventors Series contains 10 in-depth biographical profiles written for readers ages 9 and above. Each entry provides at least one picture of the individual profiled. Bold-faced rubrics lead the reader to information on birth, youth, early memories, education, first jobs, marriage and family, career highlights, memorable experiences, hobbies, and honors and awards. Each profile ends with a list of easily accessible sources designed to lead the student to further reading on the individual. Entries also furnish a current mailing address, and web site addresses are included as available. Individuals covered in this volume are listed below.
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Edited by Laurie Lanzen Harris and Cherie D. Abbey. Illustrated. Indexes.
200 Pages. 978-0-7808-0415-9. 2001. $39.00, Volume 4.
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Look Who's Appeared
David Attenborough, naturalist & wildlife filmmaker
Robert Ballard, deep sea explorer
Ben Carson, pediatric neurosurgeon
Eileen Collins, first woman space shuttle commander
Birute Galdikas, primate conservationist & anthropologist
Lonnie Johnson, inventor of Super Soaker water rocket
Meg Lowman, biologist, botanist & expert on rain forest canopy
Forrest Mars, inventor of M & Ms candy
Akio Morita, co-founder of Sony
Janese Swanson, founder of Girl Tech
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