While working on a science fair project, a Philadelphia school boy discovers both a secret laboratory in his basement and Benjamin Franklin, who comes to life after receiving a jolt of electricity.
Chronicles the life of Polish-born scientist Marie Curie, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize, providing historical context, and includes a time line, a further resource list, and approximately forty photos.
Presents a brief biography of the French oceanographer, and explorer Jacques Cousteau, providing information on his childhood, his family life, and his work studying and filming the undersea world.
A biography of astronomer Galileo Galilei, who invented the first telescopes and clocks with pendulums, among many other devices still used in modern astronomy; and who came to the attention of the Inquisition for arguing that the Earth was not the center of the universe.
Presents a short children's biography on American statesman and inventor, Benjamin Franklin, and discusses his motivation for self-improvement, his inventions, and the role he played in America's independence from England.
Profiles Steve Irwin, a herpetologist, television personality, and movie star whose concern for the natural environment and animals led him to fame as the "Crocodile Hunter.".
A biography of physicist Sir Isaac Newton, who invented calculus, discovered a law of gravity, and made other significant scientific discoveries in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Profiles a man whose childhood love of reading and desire to know about everything led to a multifaceted career as an inventor, scientist, printer, and statesman.
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.
