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1) The fire of stars: the life and brilliance of the woman who discovered what stars are made of

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Larson, Kirsten W

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"This moving biography powerfully parallels the kindling of Cecilia Payne's own curiosity and her scientific career with the process of a star's birth, from mere possibility in an expanse of space to an eventual, breathtaking explosion of light"--

2) Wood, wire, wings: Emma Lilian Todd invents an airplane

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Larson, Kirsten W

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"Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring--she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out how they worked. As an adult, typing up patents at the U.S. Patent Office, Lilian built the inventions in her mind, including many designs for flying machines. However, they all seemed too impractical. Lilian knew she could...

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Kirsten W Larson

1) The fire of stars: the life and brilliance of the woman who discovered what stars are made of

2) Wood, wire, wings: Emma Lilian Todd invents an airplane