Five brilliant but wacky kids get dragged to a deserted island by their scientist parents and they must try to save the entire island from destruction at the hands of a mad bomber.
Describes how different kinds of scientists--including entomologists, paleontologists, and meteorologists--use numbers and take measurements in their work.
Finn has many questions about such things as the moon and rockets while visiting Dr. Gass, who always has a scientific explanation, but can he explain a party invitation from the Man in the Moon?.