scientists

An animated biography of Benjamin Franklin focusing on his roles as scientist and inventor and on his experiments with electricity.

When a professor who believes that the dodo is not yet extinct finally finds one in New York City, he does everything he can think of to capture the bird until he learns why Dodo should be free.

A collection of essays by twenty-seven scientists who describe persons or events which inspired them to become a scientist.

Contains biographical entries on 466 Nobel Prize winning scientists.

Examines the lives of Barbara McClintock, Maria Mayer, Rosalyn Yalow, and Rita Levi-Montalcini, women scientists who won the Nobel Prize against extraordinary odds, in different fields and under different circumstances.

Describes the life of statesman Ben Franklin for young readers and includes information about his early life, large family, short education, printing career, kite experiment, and the Franklin stove. Later Franklin became interested in working for the government and assisted in writing and signing the Declaration of Independence.

Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.

A biography of one of the important scientists of ancient Greece, and an explanation of his contributions to physics, astronomy, and mathematics.

Presents capsule accounts of notable first achievements by African Americans, arranged in the categories "Agriculture and Everyday Life, " "Dentistry and Nursing, " "Life Science, " "Math and Engineering, " "Medicine, " "Physical Science, " and "Transportation.".