scientists

A science historian examines the equations from Pythagoras to Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle" which discloses the limits of human knowledge. Includes photographs and diagrams chronologically.

Presents a biography of Edward Teller, also known as the "Father of the H-Bomb." Details Teller's personal life and emergence within the field of science and discusses how his devotion to defending the United States led to the creation of the most destructive weapon the world has ever known. Highlights the difficulties he faced throughout his life and features black-and-white photographs.

A modern-day retelling of "East o' the Sun, West o' the Moon" in which eighteen-year-old Cassie learns that her grandmother's fairy tale is true when a Polar Bear King comes to claim her for his bride and she must decide whether to go with him and save her long-lost mother, or continue helping her father with his research.

Victor Helios (formerly Frankenstein) has continued his work and again has discovered the danger in creating life. He cannot stop the engineered killers he has set loose in modern New Orleans. Only his first "monster" and his two human partners have a chance to end the destruction.

A hurricane and the deadly creations of Victor Helios threaten the future of New Orleans and the only hope lies with Victor's first failed attempt to build the perfect human. After they face off with an indestructible entity, the damned creature and his mad creator will confront each other.

Detective Carson O'Connor and her partner Michael Maddison investigate a series of murders. She begins to suspect that the killer has actually crossed the ages and that they must find not only him but his maker.

Presents the achievements and a brief biographical sketch of fifty scientists spanning 4,000 years. Focuses on biological systems, diseases, planets and stars, physics and chemistry, and mathematics.

The Time Machine conveys the time traveler into a far distant future on a slowly dying Earth. In The Invisible Man a young scientist becomes invisible and then insane.

Presents an annotated edition of Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, begun and abandoned in 1771, continued in 1784, and left unfinished at the time of his death in 1790, and includes an introductory essay that provides information about the statesman and the history of his memoirs.

The world is headed toward an environmental crisis as global warming poses a significant threat, but Charlie Quibler has a difficult time convincing a skeptical administration while his wife, Anna, attempts to protect new technology that could solve the problem from getting into the wrong hands.