CAROLINE’S COMETS: A TRUE STORY
Book ID/图书代码： 06430017C00039
English Summary/英文概要： Caroline Herschel (1750–1848) was not only one of the greatest astronomers who ever lived but also the first woman to be paid for her scientific work. Born the youngest daughter of a poor family in Hanover, Germany, she was scarred from smallpox, stunted from typhus and used by her parents as a scullery maid. But when her favorite brother, William, left for England, he took her with him. The siblings shared a passion for stars, and together they built the greatest telescope of their age, working tirelessly on star charts. Using their telescope, Caroline discovered fourteen nebulae and two galaxies, was the first woman to discover a comet, and became the first woman officially employed as a scientist―by no less than the King of England! The information from the Herschels’ star catalogs is still used by space agencies today.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 卡羅琳·赫歇爾(Caroline Herschel, 1750-1848)不僅是有史以來最偉大的天文學家之一，也是第一位以科學家身分受聘的女性。她出生在德國漢諾威，是一個貧窮家庭中最小的女兒，因曾患天花病和斑疹傷寒而留下傷疤，她的父母認為女孩子不應接受教育，在家裡她被當作女傭般使喚。然而。當她22歲時，一切有了轉機，她的哥哥威廉從英格蘭回來，他是一個成功的音樂家，而他決定帶著卡羅琳一起到英格蘭。威廉教卡羅琳音樂和英文，卡羅琳成為了一個女高音，並開始能賺錢養活自己。在閒暇的時候，這對兄妹開始趁著旅遊的時間觀察星空，後來威廉全身投入天文學研究，卡羅琳則成為了他的全職助手。
他們一起建造了當時最偉大的望遠鏡，在星圖上不知疲倦地工作。利用他們的望遠鏡，卡羅琳發現了十四個星雲和兩個星系，她是第一個發現彗星的女性，並成為第一位正式受僱為科學家的女性──受僱於英國國王喬治三世！赫歇爾星雲目錄(Herschels’ star catalogs)中的資訊至今仍為太空研究機構所使用。
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Awards/获奖情况：★凱迪克金牌獎得獎作者
★美國童書協會傑出科學童書 (2018 NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12)
★為紀念卡羅琳·赫歇爾在天文學上的貢獻，小行星281「盧克拉雷蒂婭」以她中間的名字命名。
★Google公司於2016年3月16日更改網站首頁的標誌，以紀念卡羅琳·赫歇爾266歲誕辰
A 2018 NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students
★ "The concise text includes well-chosen details and quotes that help create a multifaceted personality on the page, while letting young readers know how limited the options were for an eighteenth-century woman and how close Herschel came to living her life in obscurity, knitting socks and scrubbing pans. The appealing illustrations—pen-and-ink drawings with watercolor washes—bring the historical settings to life. An engaging introduction to a notable woman in astronomy."—Booklist, Starred Review
"An inspiring tale of scientific discovery despite obstacles, with a feminist point of view."—Kirkus Reviews
About the Author/作者介绍： Emily Arnold McCully出生於伊利諾伊州的蓋爾斯堡。她畢業於布朗大學，並在哥倫比亞大學取得藝術史碩士學位。 她曾擔任雜誌、廣告和圖書出版商的自由插畫師，直到一家廣播電台委託她製作了一系列展示兒童節目的海報，她的作品第一次出現在地鐵車廂裡，一位童書編輯看到了它，於是她開啟了做為童書插畫家漫長的職業生涯。她在1993年獲得了凱迪克金牌獎章。她有兩個兒子和一個孫子。目前她住在紐約市和紐約州哥倫比亞，她在那裡種植鮮花和蔬菜。
Emily Arnold McCully was born left-handed in Galesburg, Illinois. She was a dare-devil tree-climber and ball-player who loved to write stories and illustrate them. Her family moved to New York City and then to a suburb, where she attended school. After college at Brown University, she earned a Master’s degree at Columbia University in art history. She worked as a freelance illustrator for magazines, advertisements and book publishers until a radio station commissioned a series of posters showing children playing. The first appeared in subway cars, where it was seen by a children’s book editor. It launched a long career, first as an illustrator, then as author/illustrator of picture books. McCully won a Caldecott Medal in 1993. She has two grown sons, one grandson and lives in New York City and Columbia County, N.Y., where she grows flowers and vegetables.
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