They Did It First. 50 Scientists, Artists and Mathematicians Caitlin Kuhwald,Juli (Hardcover)

Product Description The Greatest Challenge Is Believing It'S Possible . . . They Did It First Features Fifty Trailblazing Scientists, Artists And Mathematicians Who Were Not Afraid To Dream Big And Be The First. Discover The Pioneers Who Defied The Boundaries Of Possibility And Went On To Revolutionise The World. Written By Julie Leung And Beautifully Illustrated Throughout By Caitlin Kuhwald, The Extraordinary Men And Women Profiled Include Well-Known Figures Such As Alan Turing, Jane Goodall And Aretha Franklin, Alongside Lesser-Known Achievers, Such As Thai Lee, The First Korean Woman To Graduate Harvard Business School, And Walter Alvarez, Who Was The First Person To Theorise That Dinosaurs Died From An Asteroid Blast. These Visionaries Came From All Walks Of Life And Faced Different Challenges, But All Of Them Went On To Achieve Great Things And Make Outstanding Contributions To Their Fields, Paving The Way For Others Who Came After Them. About The Author Julie Leung Was Raised In The Sleepy Suburbs Of Atlanta, Georgia, Though It May Be More Accurate To Say She Grew Up In Oz And Came Of Age In Middle-Earth. By Day, She Is The Marketing Director For Random House’S Sci-Fi/Fantasy Imprint, Del Rey Books. By Night, She Writes To Calm The Ghosts From The Past. In Her Free Time, She Enjoys Furtively Sniffing Books At Bookstores And Winning At Obscure Board Games. Her Favorite Mode Of Transportation Is The Library. She Currently Resides In Brooklyn, New York, With Her Husband And Many Untold Stories.Caitlin Kuhwald Received A Bfa In Illustration From The California College Of Arts And Crafts, And An Mfa In Painting From The Pennsylvania Academy Of The Fine Arts In Philadelphia. Her Illustrations Appear In Various Magazines, Books And Other Media. And Her Work Has Been Recognized By American Illustration, The Society Of Illustrators, Communication Arts And 3X3. She Lives In Los Angeles.