First facts. STEM scientists and inventors

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Marie Curie

physicist and chemist
Presents the life of Marie Curie, the scientist who discovered radium.

Mae Jemison

a 4D book
Presents a biography of Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel into space in 1992 on the space shuttle Endeavour. Includes a video, which launches via a 4D app.

Rachel Carson

a 4D book
Presents a biography of Rachel Carson, a biologist who helped bring attention to the dangers of pesticides and the need for protecting the environment. Includes a video, which launches via a 4D app.

Ada Lovelace

a 4D book
Presents a biography of Ada Lovelace, the mathematician who helped the world see machines and numbers in new ways. Includes a video, which launches via a 4D app.

Henry Ford

a 4D book
Presents a biography of Henry Ford, inventor, businessman, and maker of the car called the Model T. Includes a video, which launches via a 4D app.

Madam C.J. Walker

inventor and businesswoman
A biography of Sarah Breedlove Walker who, though born in poverty, pioneered in hair and beauty care products for African-American women and became a great financial success.

George Washington Carver

botanist and inventor
2018
A biography of American botanical researcher and agronomy educator, George Washington Carver, whose work to promote alternative crops in the post-war South played a major role in revolutionizing Southern agriculture.
Cover image of George Washington Carver

Thomas Edison

physicist and inventor
2018
Simple text and illustrations look at the life of American inventor Thomas Edison.
Cover image of Thomas Edison

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