scientists

"Desperately searching for the other Concentrators that are fatally disrupting Earth's orbit, Eleanor and her companions are labeled as terrorists by G.E.T. forces that would eliminate all but a few select people."--OCLC.

We owe our understanding of the world around us to the insights and experiments of countless scientists. This volume introduces just over one hundred of the most influential figures in the history of the field. It spans thousands of years, from Thales of Miletus (who flourished in the sixth century BCE) to living luminaries, such as Craig Mello, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Shinya Yamanaka. The varied and fascinating list includes physicists, chemists, anthropologists, astronomers, geologists, biologists, and more, all of whom have added to our store of scientific knowledge.

Having narrowly escaped the Erasers in New York City, the flock heads to Washington, D.C., to try to find out more about themselves. After they are approached and offered sanctuary by the FBI, they try going to school and living normal lives, but the Erasers catch up with them and send them on the run again.

"Sixteen-year-old Jessa Stone is the most valuable citizen in Eden City. Her psychic abilities could lead to significant scientific discoveries--if only she'd let TechRA study her. But after they kidnapped and experimented on her as a child, cooperating with the scientists is the last thing Jessa would do. But when she discovers the past isn't what she assumed, Jessa must join forces with budding scientist Tanner Callahan to rectify a fatal mistake made ten years ago. She'll do anything to change the past and save her sister--even if it means aligning with the enemy she swore to defeat."--Amazon.

"Everyone has questions about the world. Scientific practices help scientists answer those questions. Asking questions, analyzing, and doing experiments help us find out more about the world in which we live."--Provided by publisher.

In her first week in fourth grade (exiled to a new school because of redistricting) Curious decides that she wants to be a scientist, and her first task is to sharpen her powers of observation by observing her large family, three older sisters and three younger brothers--and try and become effectively invisible in her new class.

"When Jack and his genius foster siblings, Ava and Matt, discover inventor Hank Witherspoon is missing, they travel deep into the Amazon jungle, overcoming strange creatures, a raging river, and some very clever foes to find their friend and protect his big idea"--Provided by publisher.

Contains 101 brief biographies of women involved in science and technology.

"A glitchy time machine strands a bumbling janitor and a brilliant scientist in the distant past, and they must find their way home before they're attacked by angry cavemen or eaten alive by a saber-toothed tiger"--OCLC.

Eerie Elementary seems to be falling down around the students and teachers, so Principal Winik decides the school must be torn down, but Sam, Lucy, and Antonio suspect that somehow this is all part of Orson Eerie's evil plan to live forever--and if it is they must find a way to prevent the demolition.