Orem Library

Astronomer and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne was the first person to discover what burns at the heart of stars. But she didn't start out as the groundbreaking scientist she would eventually become. She started out as a girl full of curiosity, hoping one day to unlock the mysteries of the universe. With lyrical, evocative text by Kirsten W. Larson and extraordinary illustrations by award-winning illustrator Katherine Roy, this moving biography powerfully...

Jeff Lipsky creates a funny and beautifully idiosyncratic portrait of a 28-year-old unemployed astrophysicist about to make the most reckless decision of her life. The family and friends that surround her - some real, dead, and possibly imaginary, come and go as Molly observes the unbreakable bonds of family while deciding what really matters in her life and learning that death is merely a relative thing.

Portrays a day in the life of a twenty-eight-year-old astronomer who unexpectedly lost her job and gets advice from friends and family, both living and deceased, on Halloween night.

Astronomer Ellie Arroway discovers communication from the star Vega and leads an international team in deciphering it, eventually travelling through space to encounter the senders of the message.

Lindy Elkins-Tanton is the Principal Investigator of NASA's $800 million Psyche mission, and the second woman ever to be awarded a major NASA space exploration contract. Here she tells how, amid a childhood of terrible trauma, she fell in love with science as a means of healing and consolation. In telling her story-- and that of a massive asteroid called (16) Psyche, which has the potential to unlock the story of how planets form, and how our planet...

In 1876, Ellen Harding Baker begins stitching a quilt that accurately depicts the solar system, demonstrating to her daughters that they can dream bigger and look farther. Includes author's note.

"Covering Nobel Prize winners and major innovators, as well as lesser-known but hugely significant scientists who influence our every day, Rachel Swaby's ... profiles span centuries of courageous thinkers and illustrate how each one's ideas developed, from their first moment of scientific engagement through the research and discovery for which they're best known."--Page 4 of cover.

"Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet and the first woman to be paid as a scientist."--

Profiles four women who have been integral to NASA's space program, helping to develop the Hubble Space Telescope, create computer code to send spacecraft to the moon, and work onboard the space shuttle.