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Gr 5-8 A sequel to Girls Think of Everything (Houghton, 2000), this book describes 20 discoveries in such fields as astronomy, biology, anthropology, paleontology, and medicine. They range from Beatrix Potter's observation that lichen consists of algae and fungi to student Rachael Charles's science project that produced safe drinking water from a puddle exposed to reflected sunlight. The majority of the individuals featured are British or American, and only a few, such as Jane Goodall and Mary Leakey, are easily found in other such compilations. A couple of the profiles do ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In these profiles of eleven girls and women who notice, question, and discover elements of the world around them, Thimmesh and Sweet pay tribute to what essayist Lance Morrow calls the "noblest form of intellectual energy": curiosity. As in their earlier work on female inventors (Girls Think of Everything, rev. 5/00), the focus here is on process. In three sections, the book highlights three definitions/aspects of discovery: "to obtain knowledge of, as through observation and study"; "to be the first to find, learn of, or observe"; and "a desire to know or learn." The first sec...Log In or Sign Up to Read More