scientists

Victor Frankenstein discovers the secret of creating life and fashions an eight-foot monster, only to bring danger and destruction to the lives of those he loves.

Presents a biography of George Washington Carver, telling the story of how the former slave worked to solve the agricultural problems plaguing the South after the Civil War.

A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, publisher, inventor, scientist, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

Rachel can't imagine why Bucky Greene, a scientist friend of her father's, would show up at their New York City apartment in the middle of the night to leave a baby chimpanzee with them for a week.

Discusses the life, work, and legacy of Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, including the paintings "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper.".

Tells the story of how science teacher Louis Pasteur discovered microbes in 1856 while trying to solve a problem at the local sugarbeet factory.

When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory -- a victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election. To verify the the find, the White House calls upon intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. Accompanied by a team of experts, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery -- a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy. But before she can warn the President, Rachel and Michael are ambushed by a deadly team of assassins.

Legendary physicist Max Hoffman creates a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that predicts movements in the financial markets, generating astonishing returns for his investors, but after an intruder breaches security and breaks into his lakeside mansion, he must discover who is trying to destroy him.

A fictionalized historical tale of two late-nineteenth century scientists who fight over the discovery of dinosaur bones.

Presents brief profiles of individuals working in physical science, biology, public health science, engineering, computer science, mathematics, and statistics in the U.S. and Canada, providing mailing addresses and personal, educational, and career data. This volume covers A-B.