Portraits
of Great American Scientists
edited by Leon M.Lederman and Judith A. Scheppler, Prometheus
Books
Short biographies of 15 scientists, written by students from
the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, offer a view of
science as a field and as a life's work. The chapter on Sally
Ride was written by Erica Ruddy, now a sophomore at Notre Dame.
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