Mitchell Lane Publishers.Mitchell Lane Publishers 1104 Kelly Drive A winding four-mile road along the Schuylkill River from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to the neighborhood of East Falls, Philadelphia where it connects with Lincoln Drive. Formerly known as "East River Drive," it was renamed to "Kelly Drive" in honor of John B. Kelly, Jr. , Newark, DE 19711 1-800-814-5484 www.mitchellane.com There are now forty titles in the Mitchell Lane Publishers "Unlocking the Secrets of Science" (1584151633, $718.00) series of books each of which profiles a 20th Century scientists in the field of medicine, technology, and science. With an interest level for young readers grades 4 to 10, and a vocabulary/reading level of grades 5 to 6, the individual titles are uniformly provided with a chronology; a "Timeline of Discover"; a glossary; a bibliography for further studies; an index; and thematically relevant websites. Filled with anecdotal information, as well as full-page, captioned, black-and-white photography, the newest additions to this very highly recommended science biography series include Linus Pauling Noun 1. Linus Pauling - United States chemist who studied the nature of chemical bonding (1901-1994) Linus Carl Pauling, Pauling And The Chemical Bond; Willem Einthoven Noun 1. Willem Einthoven - Dutch physiologist who devised the first electrocardiograph (1860-1927) Einthoven ; Edwin Hubble Noun 1. Edwin Hubble - United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953) Edwin Powell Hubble, Hubble And The Expanding Universe; Henry Ford And The Assembly Line; Enrico Fermi And The Nuclear Reactor; Otto Hahn And The Story Of Nuclear Fission fission, in physics: see nuclear energy and nucleus; see also atomic bomb. ; Charles Richter And The Story Of The Richter Scale; Philo T. Farnsworth: The Life Of TV's Forgotten Inventor; John R. Pierce: Pioneer In Satellite Communications; Lise Meitner And The Atomic Age. It should also be noted that any individual series title can be acquired separately at $17.95 each for those school and community libraries that have previously acquired earlier titles in this series and would like to complete their collections. |
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