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Joanne Simpson : magnificent meteorologist / Jill C. Wheeler. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wheeler, Jill C., 1964-
- Series:
- Checkerboard biography library. Women in science.
- Checkerboard biography library. Women in science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Simpson, Joanne--Juvenile literature.
- Simpson, Joanne.
- Meteorologists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Meteorologists.
- Women scientists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Women scientists.
- Women scientists--United States--Juvenile literature--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 p. ) ill. (some col.) ;
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minn. : ABDO Pub., c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the life and career of the award-winning meteorologist, who experimented in cloud seeding and rainfall measurement.
- Contents:
- Joanne Simpson
- Born to fly
- Women's work
- Head in the clouds
- Never say never
- Woods Hole
- Hot towers and hurricanes
- Project Stormfury
- Planting seeds
- At home at NASA
- Lasting words.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61480-085-5
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