Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA: 68 Great New Zealand Scientists
Full details for this title
| Interest Age |
4-12 years |
| Reading Age |
4-12 years |
| Library of Congress |
Scientists, Scientists - New Zealand |
| NBS Text |
Children's General Non-Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
Children/juvenile;Young adult |
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| Number of Pages |
160 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 211mm
Height: 255mm
Spine: 14mm |
| Weight |
594g |
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| Dewey Code |
509.2 |
| Catalogue Code |
33940 |
Description of this Book
From Joseph Banks to Ernest Rutherford to Beatrice Tinsley to Ingrid Visser, Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA covers 68 of New Zealand's most pre-eminent scientists. It includes early explorers and collectors, the first professional scientists and today's top scientists who continue to make discoveries about our world and work to shape our future. There is a great spread of specialst fields include botany, physics, geology, archaeology, nutrition, marine science, palaentology, nanotechnology, ornithology, conservation and much more. As well as profiles of the work each scientist has engaged in, this book gives a great insight into all of these different disciplines and what these scientists have contributed to New Zealand and the world. This book is based on an exhibition held at the National Library of NZ in 2006.
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Awards & Reviews
| Awards |
Shortlisted for Storylines Notable New Zealand Books: Non Fiction 2009.
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Author's Bio
Veronika Meduna is a science journalist best known for her broadcasts on Radio New Zealand National. Rebecca Priestley is a science historian and writer, and editor of The Awa Book of New Zealand Science. **Rebecca Priestley and Veronika Meduna won the Elsie Locke Award for non-fiction with Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA at the 2009 LIANZA awards
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