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Force of nature : a novel of Rachel Carson / by Burg, Ann E.; Blackall, Sophie.;
Includes bibliographical references.Through the eyes of her family and friends we see the young Rachel as she explores nature and overcomes obstacles to write about harmful chemical practices and launch the global environmental movement. Written in blank verse.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Novels in verse.; Free verse.; Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964; Conservationists; Women scientists;

Girl decoded : a scientist's quest to reclaim our humanity by bringing emotional intelligence to technology / by El Kaliouby, Rana,author.; Colman, Carol,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In a captivating memoir, an Egyptian American visionary and scientist provides an intimate view of her personal transformation as she follows her calling-to humanize our technology and how we connect with one another. Rana el Kaliouby is a rarity in both the tech world and her native Middle East: a Muslim woman in charge in a field that is still overwhelmingly white and male. Growing up in Egypt and Kuwait, el Kaliouby was raised by a strict father who valued tradition-yet also had high expectations for his daughters-and a mother who was one of the first female computer programmers in the Middle East. Even before el Kaliouby broke ground as a scientist, she broke the rules of what it meant to be an obedient daughter and, later, an obedient wife to pursue her own daring dream. After earning her PhD at Cambridge, el Kaliouby, now the divorced mother of two, moved to America to pursue her mission to humanize technology before it dehumanizes us. The majority of our communication is conveyed through nonverbal cues: facial expressions, tone of voice, body language. But that communication is lost when we interact with others through our smartphones and devices. The result is an emotion-blind digital universe that impairs the very intelligence and capabilities-including empathy-that distinguish human beings from our machines. To combat our fundamental loss of emotional intelligence online, she cofounded Affectiva, the pioneer in the new field of Emotion AI, allowing our technology to understand humans the way we understand one another. Girl Decoded chronicles el Kaliouby's journey from being a "nice Egyptian girl" to becoming a woman, carving her own path as she revolutionizes technology. But decoding herself-learning to express and act on her own emotions-would prove to be the biggest challenge of all"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; El Kaliouby, Rana.; Women computer scientists; Women scientists; Egyptian American women; Artificial intelligence; Artificial intelligence;

Understanding the Misconceptions of Science. by Lincoln, Don,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Don LincolnOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2019.Join a Senior Scientist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory on a 24-episode exploration of shocking truths about some of science's most well-known (and often controversial) concepts.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Instructional films.; Documentary films.; Science.; History.; Science--Study and teaching.; Scientists.;

Ada Twist and the perilous pants / by Beaty, Andrea.; Roberts, David,1970-;
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Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Scientists; Curiosity; Science; Helping behavior in children;

The deepest kill / by Black, Lisa,1963-author.;
When the pregnant daughter of software pioneer Martin Post, the third richest man in America, is murdered, expert forensic analysts Ellie Carr and Rachael Davies, called in to investigate, are drawn into the Posts' increasingly dangerous family dynamic to determine who-and what-is at the heart of the crime.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Murder; Pregnant women; Secrecy; Women forensic scientists;

The half life of Valery K : a novel / by Pulley, Natasha,author.;
Sent to a mysterious unnamed city in Soviet Russia, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov must serve out his prison sentence studying the effect of radiation on local animals and struggles to find answers about what is being hidden from the thousands who live in the town.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; City and town life; Prisoners; Radiation; Scientists; Secrecy;

The life of Leonardo da Vinci [videorecording] / by Bosetti, Giulio.; Castellani, Renato,1913-1985.; Leroy, Philippe,1930-; Solmo, Peter.; Vlad, Roman,1919-; Questar, Inc.;
Original music, Roman Vlad.Philippe Leroy ; narrator, Giulio Bosetti.An in-depth look at the life of the greatest artist of the Renaissance, using over 100 actors and many of the actual locations where Da Vinci lived and worked.E.DVD; full screen presentation, region 0, NTSC.
Subjects: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.; Artists; Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Scientists;
© c2011., Questar,

The storm [sound recording] / by Cussler, Clive.; Brick, Scott.; Brown, Graham.;
Read by Scott Brick.Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala investigate the smoldering hulk of a NUMA research vessel in the Indian Ocean and soon uncover an audacious scheme to permanently alter the weather on a global scale, killing millions.
Subjects: Adventure stories.; Suspense fiction.; National Underwater and Marine Agency; Audiobooks.; Austin, Kurt (Fictitious character); Marine scientists;
© p2012., Penguin Audio,

Frankenstein / by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft,1797-1851,author.;
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character); Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character); Scientists; Monsters;

Wonder women : 25 innovators, inventors, and trailblazers who changed history / by Maggs, Sam,author.; Foster-Dimino, Sophia,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Women; Women scientists; Women in medicine; Women spies; Women inventors; Women adventurers;

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