Hispanic Scientists: Ellen Ochoa, Carlos A. Ramirez, Eloy Rodriguez, Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Maria Elena Zavala.

by Jetty St. John

Book Overview

Provides biographical profiles of five Hispanic American scientists of this century, including Carlos Ramierez, Ellen Ochoa, Eloy Rodriguez, Lydia Villa-Komaroff, and Maria Elena Zavala. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560653604
• ISBN13: 9781560653608
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Capstone Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 4 years
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher

Customer Reviews

A great book for the scientifically-oriented child

In "Hispanic Scientists," Jetty St. John has written short biographies of 5 fascinating individuals: biomedical engineer Carlos A. Ramirez, astronaut and optics expert Ellen Ochoa, zoopharmacognosy pioneer Eloy Rodriguez, neurology researcher Lydia Villa-Komaroff, and botanist Maria Elena Zavala.St. John offers insights into both the lives and work of these scientists. The book contains many photographs, as well as a useful glossary and other resources. If your child seems to be fascinated by dirt, bugs, cloud formations, body secretions, or other natural phenomena, she just might be exhibiting the beginnings of scientific curiosity. And "Hispanic Scientists" may inspire her, regardless of her own ethnic background, to take that curiosity to some amazing places.