Description
| Product ID: | 9781529033182 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | They Did It First |
| Title: | They Did It First. 50 Scientists, Artists and Mathematicians Who Changed the World |
| Authors: | Author: Caitlin Kuhwald, Julie Leung |
| Page Count: | 128 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art and artists, Art: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), People & places (Children's / Teenage), Science & technology: general interest (Children's / Teenage) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A gorgeously illustrated collection of true stories, featuring the women and men who were pioneers of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics. <p><b>The greatest challenge is believing it's possible . . . </b><br><br><i>They Did It First </i>features fifty trailblazing scientists, artists and mathematicians who were not afraid to dream big and be the FIRST. Discover the pioneers who defied the boundaries of possibility and went on to revolutionise the world. <br><br>Written by Julie Leung and beautifully illustrated throughout by Caitlin Kuhwald, the extraordinary men and women profiled include well-known figures such as Alan Turing, Jane Goodall and Aretha Franklin, alongside lesser-known achievers, such as Thai Lee, the first Korean woman to graduate Harvard Business School, and Walter Alvarez, who was the first person to theorise that dinosaurs died from an asteroid blast. <br><br>These visionaries came from all walks of life and faced different challenges, but all of them went on to achieve great things and make outstanding contributions to their fields, paving the way for others who came after them.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-02-06 |
