scientists

Explores the personal lives of twenty famous scientists, including Marie Curie, Galileo, Grace Murray Hopper, and Ivan Pavlov, offering humorous anecdotes, favorite foods, first loves, and more.

An illustrated biography of Founding Father and inventor Benjamin Franklin.

Asks the reader to choose the path of the plot in a story about the disappearance of a scientist who invented a machine that could stop radiation.

Profiles African Americans who made important contributions to science despite racial prejudice and institutional barriers to black education and achievement.

Discusses the life and work of the seven Greek thinkers considered to be the first true scientists of the western world. Included are Democritus, Plato, Aristotle, Theophrastus, Archimedes, Ptolemy, and Galen.

Examines the lives and achievements of seven Black Americans who left their mark through scientific work.

Focuses on Benjamin Franklin's role as an inventor of whimsical gadgets and practical contraptions, with an emphasis on his experiment of flying a kite during a rainstorm.

A brief biography of the young Philadelphia printer who grew up to become a world-renowned author, diplomat, scientist, and inventor, and one of the founding fathers of the United States.

A cat, two guinea pigs, and a colony of brave sewer rats band together in order to save Freddy, a golden hamster, from an evil scientist who's discovered that Freddy can read and write, and plans to hamster-nap him in order to dissect his brain.

More than half of Earth's plant and animal species live in rainforests. This book explores the plants, animals, and environment of this important ecosystem. Learn more interesting information in Rainforests, an AV2 media enhanced book.