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1) Women Olympic champions

Author

Aaseng, Nathan

Series

History makers

Publisher

Lucent Books

Pub. Date

c2001

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 5

2) Track and field

Author

Aaseng, Nathan

Series

History of sports

Publisher

Lucent Books

Pub. Date

c2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 5

Description

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Discusses the origins and evolution of track and field including memorable events and key personalities in the sport's history.

3) Twentieth-century inventors

Author

Aaseng, Nathan

Series

American profiles

Publisher

Facts on File

Pub. Date

c1991

Description

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Provides accounts of ten significant twentieth-century inventions and the people behind them, including the Wright brothers and their airplane, Robert Goddard and his rocket, and Gordon Gould and his laser.

4) The disease fighters: the Nobel Prize in medicine

Author

Aaseng, Nathan

Series

[Nobel Prize winners]

Publisher

Lerner Publications Co

Pub. Date

c1987

Description

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Describes some of the major medical discoveries, such as the cure for tuberculosis and the cause of malaria, made by researchers who were eventually awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

5) The White House

Author

Aaseng, Nathan

Series

Building history

Publisher

Thomson/Gale

Pub. Date

2003

Description

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Discusses the history of the home of the United States president, including its location, design and construction, fire and rebuilding, renovations, and how it evolved into a modern residence.

6) The inventors: Nobel prizes in chemistry, physics, and medicine

Author

Aaseng, Nathan

Series

Nobel Prize winners

Publisher

Lerner Publications

Pub. Date

c1988

Description

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Discusses eight inventions or discoveries (X ray, radio, EKG, phase contrast microscope, transistor, radiocarbon dating, laser, and CT scan) which brought the Nobel prize to their developers.