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    Always Looking Up: Nancy Grace Roman, Astronomer
    Always Looking Up: Nancy Grace Roman, Astronomer
    Always Looking Up: Nancy Grace Roman, Astronomer
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    Always Looking Up: Nancy Grace Roman, Astronomer

    By Laura Gehl, Louise Pigott and Alex Oxton

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    A Mighty Girl's 2019 Books of the Year

    An inspiring look at the scientist who became "The Mother of Hubble."

    This empowering picture book biography tells the story of Nancy Grace Roman, the astronomer who overcame obstacles like weak eyesight and teachers who discouraged women from pursuing astronomy to lead the NASA team that built the Hubble Space Telescope. A testament to women in scientific careers and a record of an important NASA milestone.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlbert Whitman & Company
    Release dateOct 1, 2019
    ISBN9780807502976
    Always Looking Up: Nancy Grace Roman, Astronomer
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    Laura Gehl

    Laura Gehl is the award-winning author of more than three dozen picture books, board books, and early readers including Who Is a Scientist?, I Got a Chicken for My Birthday, Dibs!, and Climate Warriors: Fourteen Scientists and Fourteen Ways to Save our Planet. A former science teacher with a PhD in neuroscience, Laura lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with her husband and four children.

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