Grasping Mysteries, Girls Who Loved Math by Atkins, Jeannine -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Dedication Part 1: Looking Up - Caroline Herschel

1. The Promise 2. Counting Notes 3. A Girl’s Education 4. Mystery 5. After the Funeral 6. The Journey 7. Practicing 8. After Dark 9. Reflections 10. Hats 11. Lost 12. Dear Mother 13. Minding the Heavens 14. The Astronomer’s Assistant 15. Beyond 16. Moving 17. Night Watches 18. Names 19. The Mathematician 20. Escaping from Darkness 21. Firsts 22. Unseen 23. Alone 24. The Beauty of Wages 25. The Comet Hunter 26. The Aunt 27. Jam 28. Her Book of Observations 29. Home

Part 2: Making Change With Charts, Part I - Florence Nightingale

30. A Girl’s Education 31. Divided 32. The Palace Garden 33. Seeking 34. The Chance 35. Breaking Rank 36. The Hammer 37. One Plus One 38. Ledgers 39. After the War 40. Circles on a Tea Table 41. Past the Window Frame 42. More

Part 3: Exploring Currents - Hertha Marks Ayrton

43. The Watch Repairman’s Daughter 44. Forever 45. The Seamstress’s Daughter 46. Chance 47. A Girl’s Education 48. The Haircut 49. The Gray Cat and the Green Chair 50. Another Chance 51. A New Name 52. Wondering 53. The Gift 54. The Teacher 55. Nets 56. Electricity 57. New Lights 58. Wings 59. Another Name 60. Life 61. Seasons 62. Flickering 63. Bright 64. Sounds and Silence 65. Together 66. Pliers 67. Ripples in the Sand 68. Hidden 69. Tea and Cake 70. Socks 71. Dusk 72. Votes for Women 73. Two Women Walk by the Sea 74. Air 75. History 76. Waves

Part 4: Mapping What’s Hidden - Marie Tharp

77. The Land 78. Blue 79. Days 80. The Green Chair 81. Seasons 82. Unforgotten 83. Shore 84. Shine 85. One 86. Waves 87. Division 88. If 89. The Question 90. Searching 91. Discovery 92. Volatile 93. Proofs 94. Excursions 95. Parallel 96. Matching Shores 97. The Floors of the Ocean 98. Water 99. Finding a Way 100. First 101. Sunday Morning 102. Partings 103. The Darkness under the Sea 104. Back Home

Part 5: Creating Paths Through Space - Katherine Johnson

105. Prophecy 106. Beyond 107. The Curving Road 108. Neighbors 109. A Girl’s Education 110. Probability 111. The Chalkboard 112. The Teacher 113. Promises 114. Love and History 115. Hope 116. Unfinished Equations 117. Three Daughters 118. Frosting 119. Another Road 120. Second Chances 121. Changing Course 122. An Invitation 123. Unsaid 124. Clouds 125. Chesapeake Bay 126. Opening a Door 127. Turn Around 128. Her Name 129. Seen and Unseen 130. Trust 131. Orbits 132. Reaching Higher 133. Dreams 134. Borderless 135. Unhidden

Part 6: Making Change With Charts, Part II - Edna Lee Paisano

136. Beginnings 137. Art and Math 138. A Girl’s Education 139. Sold 140. Seventeen 141. Here and Beyond 142. Multiplication 143. Challenges 144. Silences 145. True and False 146. Homes 147. Taking Measure 148. Blue Again

Part 7: Looking Beyond

149. Still Awake 150. The Library Book 151. Table Manners 152. Questions 153. Laws of Gravity 154. In the Cafeteria 155. Listening 156. Starting Out 157. The Motion of Stars 158. Autumn 159. The Old Globe 160. Back Roads 161. The Wedding 162. The Motion of Galaxies 163. Hers 164. What One Young Mother Finds 165. The Promise 166. The Window 167. Invisible Light 168. Patterns 169. Summer 170. Inheritance 171. Paper Skirt 172. Belief 173. The Backyard 174. Portraits 175. Discovery 176. Two A.M. 177. Mother and Daughter 178. The Front Door 179. Now and Then 180. Darkness Is a Door 181. Winter Solstice

Behind the Verse: A Note from the Author Women Who Widened Horizons Selected Bibliography About the Author Copyright

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