Roberta Bondar's Experiments

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Roberta Bondar is a Canadian neurologist, neurobiologist and astronaut. She was the first Canadian woman and neurologist to become an astronaut. This essay was made with the help of the Encyclopædia Britannica and it group of editors and Sault History Online (the Sault Sainte Marie public library)
Roberta Lynn Bondar born on Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada, on December 4, 1945. Since she was a child, her parents encouraged her to be “goal oriented”. Moreover, Dr. Bondar was also a science lover and she participated in many science related events in her school and made several experiments at her home.
Dr. Bondar has earned several university titles:at the age of 23, earned a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from Guelph University. Later

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