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3) Solar
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Michael Beard coasts through his professional life as his fifth marriage disintegrates, but gets an unexpected chance at redemption when he is called on to save humanity from environmental disaster.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
This account of the remarkable life and astonishing mind of one of the greatest scientists of the century, written by her daughter, it remains a landmark and an inspiration for students, scientists, and young women everywhere.
6) Peace and me
Author
Publisher
Lantana Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
Description
Draws from the lives and actions of Nobel Peace Prize winners, including Desmond Tutu, Jane Addams, and Jean Henry Dunant to explore what peace means.
Author
Series
Kindle County volume Book 11
Language
English
Description
"At 85 years old, Alejandro "Sandy" Stern, a brilliant defense lawyer with his health failing but spirit intact, is on the brink of retirement. But when his old friend Dr. Kiril Pafko, a former Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, is faced with charges of insider trading, fraud, and murder, his entire life's work is put in jeopardy, and Stern decides to take on one last trial. In a case that will provide the defining coda to both men's accomplished lives,...
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Description
Malala Yousafzai is known across the world for having the courage to stand up for what she believes in, even in the face of terrifying adversity. From playing in the Swat Valley in Pakistan to making speeches at the United Nations, Malala's story has become an inspiration for people all over the world who are fighting for justice.Discover what it took for one incredible girl to become the voice of so many, in this beautifully illustrated book with...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
The winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize is an advocate for the oppressed, whose spirit has remained strong in the face of political persecution. Best known here as the lawyer working tirelessly on behalf of Canadian photojournalist Zara Kazemi--raped, tortured and murdered in Iran--Dr. Ebadi offers us a vivid picture of the struggles of one woman against the system. The book chronicles her childhood in a loving, untraditional family, her upbringing...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The true story of how Mexican-American scientist Mario Molina helped solve the ozone crisis of the 1980s and went on to become a Nobel laureate and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His inspiring story gives hope in the fight against global warming. Full color.
15) Albert Einstein
Author
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and work of the twentieth-century physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.
17) Anwar Sadat
Author
Publisher
Rosen Pub. Group
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and leadership skills of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the peace process after the 1973 war with Israel.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai, a female scientist who made a stand in the face of opposition to women's rights and her own Greenbelt Movement, an effort to restore Kenya's ecosystem by planting millions of trees"--Provided by publisher.
19) Marie Curie
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
Biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish scientist whose work with radium helped to change the world.