scientists

For five days, scientists struggle to identify and control a deadly new virus threatening the United States.

Josie Henderson, the only African-American senior-level female scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, has tried to shed her family roots back in Cleveland while building a successful life for herself, but when her brother, Tick, arrives on her doorstep fresh from rehab and on the brink of a relapse, Josie is forced to revisit her family's past and her own patterns of addiction.

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.

Tells the life story of American statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin, treating his school days, authorship, scientific research, and work as a spy, along with other topics.

A biography of the man renowned for his scientific inventions, popular writings, and political leadership.

Fang's blog highlights ITEX and their research, causing them to shut down, while Max goes to Antarctica to study the effects of global warming.

Tells the life story of founding father Benjamin Franklin, describing the many hats he wore, from inventor to businessman to statesman; the persona he created--and that still lives on; and his relationships with his wife, his illegitimate son, and his illegitimate grandson.

A biography of eighteenth-century African-American farmer, surveyor, mathematician, and astronomer Benjamin Banneker, who is best known for being the first African-American to publish an almanac and for surveying the area that would become the nation's capital.

Examines the life and works of seventeenth-century physicist, Isaac Newton, and discusses his laws of motion and universal gravitation as well as his influence on the world of science.