

Marie's Ocean : Marie Tharp Maps the Mountains Under the Sea
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A mixed-format picture book biography of STEM pioneer Marie Tharp, the woman who mapped the ocean floor. Born in 1925, Marie Tharp came of age at a time when academic careers were largely unavailable to women. She earned her degree in geology in the 1940s, at which point women accounted for a small percentage of all Earth science degrees. Marie’s vision and tenacity paved the way for her to make one of the most impactful discoveries of the 20th century: She created the first scientific chart of the Atlantic Ocean floor—a 40,000-mile-long map that confirmed the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift.
From Tharp’s early childhood dreams all the way to her defining achievement, this is the story of one of Earth science’s greatest hidden figures. For fans of Counting on Katherine and Spring After Spring.
Afterword, with photographs. Selected bibliography. Source notes. Full-color illustrations created with Adobe Photoshop and collage.
ISBN: 9781250214737
JLG Release: Nov 2020
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Book Details
ISBN
9781250214737
First Release
November 2020
Genre
Nonfic
Dewey Classification
B
Trim Size
9" x 11"
Page Count
48
Accelerated Reader
N/AScholastic Reading Counts
N/ALexile
N/AFormat
Print Book
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Holt/Christy Ottaviano
Potentially Sensitive Areas
Discrimination: Sexism
Topics
Marie Tharp (1920–2006), Geology, Earth science, Women geologists, Geomorphology, Women cartographers, Oceanography, Continental drift, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Twentieth-century history of science,