Epstein, Sam

A brief biography of the well-known anthropologist concentrating on her first important studies in Samoa in the mid-1920's.

A biography of the record-setting baseball player who is one of three in the game's history to hit 600 home runs.

Describes the ways in which seagulls, crabs, snails, jellyfish, corals, and other seashore creatures find their food.

Focuses on the twenty-season career of Henry Aaron which culminated in the hit that beat Babe Ruth's record.

The life of the British chemist who invented the electric generator and whose experiments in electricity opened a new scientific field.

A biography of the Nobel prize-winning physicist who designed the first atomic piles, produced the first nuclear chain reaction, and aided in the development of the atomic bomb.

A biography of Harriet Tubman stressing her fight for freedom and dedication to the task of freeing other Southern slaves.

Describes the celebration of several Japanese festivals including Hi Matsuri, Girls' Day, The One Thousand Person Procession, the Okunchi Festival, and the Peace Festival.

A biography of a curious physician and the unusual patient who enabled him to carry out experiments concerning digestion.

Describes how we produce, measure, transmit, and use electricity. Includes three experiments.