Barbara McClintock: Alone in Her Field

by Deborah Heiligman

A biography of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist explains her work in genetics and traces her long unheralded career as a research scientist

Genres: Nonfiction

64 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1994

About the author

Deborah Heiligman has been writing for children since she worked at Scholastic News soon after college. Since then she has written more than thirty books for children and teens. Her books include picture books, both fiction and nonfiction, and young adult nonfiction and fiction. Some titles: Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith, a National Book Award finalist; The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos, a Cook Prize Winner and Orbis Pictus honor; Intentions, a Sydney Taylor Award winner, and a picture book series about Tinka the dog. Her latest book is Vincent and Theo: The van Gogh Brothers. For more information please visit www.DeborahHeiligman.com

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful and inspiring biography of a Nobel-prize winning geneticist who combined smarts, creativity, self-confidence, and humility. Read alone 9-12, read aloud 8-12.

[Juan Tello · Rating 1 out of 5]

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