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Pioneers of the green movement

environmental solutions
2013
Readers take a thoughtful look at the work of those individuals who have helped shape and advance the green movement, which aims to provide a sustainable future for all concerned.

Frankenstein

the graphic novel
2010
A graphic novel adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," in which a creature assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies learns to loathe himself and vows to destroy the life of his creator.

The aha! moment

a scientist's take on creativity
2012
Presents questions to promote brainstorming and creativity in science, and then to take that idea and make it work.

Gertrude Elion

Nobel prize winner in physiology and medicine
2004
A biography of the woman who used her understanding of chemistry to help develop medicines and who devoted her life to helping others.

Architects of the information age

2012
Presents the lives and accomplishments of major entrepreneurs and computer scientists responsible for the technological innovations of the twentieth century involving information processing, and the development of the Internet.

Sylvia Earle

deep sea explorer and ocean activist
2004
Examines the personal life and professional career of Sylvia Earle, who is an oceanographer, marine botanist, ecological activist, aquanaut, and author.

The price of altruism

George Price and the search for the origins of kindness
2010
A biography of George Price, an American scientist, discussing his childhood, his involvement in the scientific community, his time with the Manhattan Project, his criticism towards those claiming extrasensory perception abilities, and his later years in London working with the homeless.

The casebook of Victor Frankenstein

a novel
2008
A retelling of Mary Shelley's classic novel that describes Victor Frankenstein's meeting with the radical atheist and poet Percy Bysshe Shelley at Oxford and recruiting "resurrection men" to deliver fresh bodies to secret laboratory, where the monster is created.

Isaac Asimov

science fiction trailblazer
2009
A biography of Russian-American science-fiction author Isaac Asimov that discusses his childhood, schooling, futuristic ideas, literary accomplishments, and other related topics.

Avoid boring people

lessons from a life in science
2007
Scientist James Watson shares the secrets he has learned throughout his career for getting along with others and getting ahead in highly competitive work settings, recounting how he managed to make friends and get ahead in the scientific world while researching the structure of DNA.

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