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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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New Books for the Pueblo Chieftain: April 18, 2022
Staff Picks of 2023
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"Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved TV cooking show. Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it's the...
Author
Language
English
Description
Trying to maintain her inner light in an increasingly dark world, young Hong Kong-based scientist Lily Barnes, as the human race dwindles due to a "depression plague," comes across something that could lead to happiness and journeys through time and space to find out.
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A visionary and powerful debut thriller set in a terrifyingly plausible dystopian near-future-with clear parallels to today's headlines-in which the future of humanity lies in the hands of one woman, a scientist who has stumbled upon a secret that the government will go to any lengths to keep hidden A world half in darkness. A secret she must bring to light. It is 2059, and the world has crashed. Forty years ago, a solar catastrophe began to slow...
4) Lovelock
Author
Series
Mayflower trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bestselling author Orson Scott Card teams up with the talented Kathyrn H. Kidd to create a startling look at the ethics of bioengineering
Lovelock is a capuchin monkey engineered to be the perfect servant--intelligent, agile, pliant, and devoted to his owner. He is a Witness--privileged to spend his days and nights observing the life of one of Earth's most brilliant scientists through digital recording devices behind his eyes. In his heart is the...
5) Frozen solid
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
321 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"The term 'home economics' may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken cakes. But obscured by common conception is the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century by reducing domestic work and providing jobs as professors, engineers, chemists, and businesspeople that were otherwise foreclosed. In [this book], Danielle Dreilinger traces the field's...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
122 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A collection of biographies of twenty groundbreaking women scientists who were curious kids and grew up to make incredible discoveries."--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER
Bestselling author Marie Benedict reveals the story of a brilliant woman scientist only remembered for her beauty.
Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
195 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Meet award-winning aerospace engineer Tiera Fletcher and twelve other science superstars and hear them tell in their own words not only about their fascinating work, but also about their childhoods and the paths they traveled to get where they are--paths that often involved failures and unexpected changes in direction, but also persistence, serendipity, and brilliant insights. Their careers range from computer scientist to microbiologist to unique...
10) Atomic Anna
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xi, 433 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1986, renowned nuclear scientist Anna Berkov is sleeping in her bed in the Soviet Union when Chernobyl's reactor melts down. At that exact moment she tears through time-her first jump-and it's an accident. When she opens her eyes, she's landed in 1992 only to discover Molly, her estranged daughter, shot in the chest. Molly, with her dying breath, begs Anna to go back in time and stop the disaster, to save Molly's daughter Raisa, and put their...
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
426 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Venture into realms of sci-fi marvels: Come explore a world of teen makers and innovators. From interstellar escapades to near-future locales, this volume of sci-fi stories has something for everyone. Girls who use their mechanical acumen to save interstellar colonies and design super-powered armor. Young women who apply their knacks for numbers to finding criminals and solving environmental problems. Ladies who use brainpower and intellectual skills...
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
379 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
This collection of sci-fi stories features brainy young heroines who use their smarts to save the day. Girls who fix robots and construct superhero suits, hack interstellar corporations and build virtual reality platforms. Who experiment with alien chemicals and tinker with time machines. Who defy expectations and tap into their know-how--in the depths of space, or the bounds of dystopia, or the not-too-distant future--to solve despicable crimes,...
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
540 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Journey into sci-fi realms where girls use their skills and brains to save the day. See scouts who save the world from AI overlords. Travel to the edges of space with girls who dare to go head-to-head with giant interstellar corporations. Watch as ladies take down nefarious hackers, innovate space travel, and defeat aliens. This 29-story collection has something to delight, enthrall, and fascinate every age."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
365 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth McKay, who studies humpback whale songs, investigates the appearance of a humpback in the Sacramento River and its unusual song, a task that is complicated by Elizabeth's unstable family life and an ensuing media frenzy.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
57 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Profiles six women scientists who persevered in the face of prejudice, including ichthyologist Eugenie Clark and mathematician Katherine Coleman Johnson.
18) Thursday's child
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
209 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The city of San Siroco is sinking. The basement of Dr. Tamsin Rivers, the arrogant, selfish head of the research team assigned to find the source of the subsidence, is sinking faster. As Tamsin grows obsessed with the distorting dimensions of the room at the bottom of the stairs, she finds a door that didn't exist before - and one night, it opens to reveal an exact physical copy of her. This doppelgänger is sweet and biddable where Tamsin is calculating...
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