Dr. Jemison, M.D., the first woman of color in space, now focuses on facilitating human interstellar travel. She will share her experience as a space voyager and her plans for her new Endeavour, the 100-Year Starship, a global initiative to make human travel to another star possible within the next 100 years. Providing a platform for radical leaps, innovation, technology and human systems, Dr. Jemison believes pursuing an extraordinary tomorrow builds a better world today.
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Call Number: 629.45 J49f 2001
ISBN: 0439131952
Publication Date: 2001
Dr. Mae Jemison--chemical engineer, scientist, teacher, and the first African-American woman to go into space--shares the story of her life. In this autobiography, she traces her life from her childhood determination to fly into space to when she made history as she blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavor.
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Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 0585073651
Publication Date: 1997
Studies show that girls are often discouraged from pursuing careers in science and medicine. This series of biographies was created specifically to counter gender bias and to give young girls positive role models in these fields. Readers cannot help but be impressed by these inspiring stories of women who overcame obstacles to excel in the fields of science and medicine.
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