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Always Looking Up

Always Looking Up

Nancy Grace Roman, Astronomer

by Laura GehlLouise Pigott and Alex Oxton
Hardback
Age range: + years old Publication Date: 01/10/2019

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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.

ISBN:
9780807502969
9780807502969
Category:
Educational: Technology
Age range:
+ years old
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-10-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Albert Whitman & Company
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
32
Dimensions (mm):
259.08x208.28x10.16mm
Weight:
0.34kg
Laura Gehl

Laura Gehl is the author of One Big Pair of Underwear and Goat Wants to Eat.

She lives with her husband and their four kids in Chevy Chase, Maryland

Louise Pigott

Louise Pigott is an illustrator and author from Cambridge, UK. She specializes in creating vibrant, detailed, and atmospheric digital illustrations with a hand-painted feel for children’s picture books. Louise also creates artwork for the greeting card industry, and her work has been printed and sold around the world. She is inspired largely by nature, animals, and all things magical.

Louise graduated with a first class honors degree in graphic design and illustration from De Montfort University, Leicester, in 2009. Her past clients have included Paperchase, Hallmark, Harper Collins, Oxford University Press, American Greetings, Bloomsbury, WHSmith, The Royal Horticultural Society, Noel Tatt, Studio Press, Capstone USA, Curious Fox, and Priddy Books, among others.

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