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Born Curious: 20 Girls Who Grew Up to Be Awesome Scientists series-Arc of a Scythe Like me—the way I don'tWhy do galaxies spin the way they do? Whats the best kind of house for a Komodo dragon? Can you cure malaria with medicine made from a plant? The scientists and mathematicians in Born Curious sought answers to these and many other fascinating questions. And its lucky for us they did. Without their vision, insight, and hard work, the world would be a sicker, dirtier, and more dangerous place. The twenty groundbreaking womenincluding Rosalind Franklin,