inventors

In this graphic retelling, a man invents a time machine and travels far into the future where he discovers the childlike Eloi and the Morlocks, who live underground.

Chronicles the life and career of Geoffrey Pyke, an inventor, adventurer, polymath, a hero of both world wars and who British intelligence believed to be a spy for Russia.

Examines the life and career of Thomas Edison and features photographs, advertisements, and laboratory notebook excerpts.

"Rick and Evie Lane have finally converted the Great Pacific Garbage Patch into an eighth continent. But their dream of a new homeland for their family turns out to be short-lived. Because when robots from the villainous Condo Corp crash into their continent, a fatal oversight in the building process is revealed: the land mass was never anchored to the ocean floor!..."--Publisher's description.

Examines the lives of the Wright brothers and discusses their experiments and triumphs in the field of flight.

Examines revolutionary advances in mathematics, physics, science, chemistry, biology and medicine by revealing the lives of the people responsible for them.

This book presents the life and work of 50 individuals who have shaped the history of medicine.

Twelve-year-old Billy and his best friend Manny become entrepreneurs after launching a product known as the "All Ball," which can transform into different sports balls, but a major secret Billy is keeping has the potential to destroy their success and expose Billy as a fraud.

Three American middle school students are not going to be taken in when, on a school trip to Florence, Italy, they meet a man claiming to be Leonardo da Vinci, back from the dead. This imposter claims to have a mission to better humankind, and, remarkably, it seems plausible. Gina, Max, and Tad decide to assist this man, who just may be Leonardo in truth, and learn a lot about modern science, history, math, and art along the way.

Examines the life of Robert Cade, discusses his work in medicine, and looks at how his efforts to find a way to treat football players at the University of Florida for dehydration and heatstroke led to the invention of Gatorade.