"Two thousand years ago, Chinese scientists were looking for a medicine that would make them live forever. Instead, they blew up their lab and discovered gunpowder. Alfred Noble blew up his laboratory twice before he discovered the formula for dynamite. Learn about the Apollo 13 and 'Challenger' explosions and the strange space explosions caused by top secret Starfish Prime. These stories may sound twisted, but they're all true tales from science!"--Back cover.
Loosely based on a school explosion that took place in Texas in 1937, tells the story of two teenagers--Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black--and their dealings with race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.
Loosely based on a school explosion that took place in New London, Texas in 1937, this is the story of two teenagers: Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black, and their dealings with race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.
Provides an account of the disaster that occurred on December 6, 1917, when two ships carrying munitions and relief supplies to Europe collided, causing an explosion that leveled the towns of Halifax and Dartmouth and resulted in the deaths of nearly two thousand people.
A maid for a prominent family in Missouri chases down justice after her younger sister is one of 42 people killed at a mysterious explosion at a local dance hall in this new novel from the author of Winter's Bone.
"Penny's father struggles to raise three daughters alone in Halifax. Then one morning, while he is at work, a catastrophic explosion rocks the town" Cf. Our choice, 2002.
When a tremendous explosion tears through Grant University's science building, Sam, Will, and other Med Center volunteers rush to the scene, and work to help others while worrying about their friends who may have been caught in the blast.
Details the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill that occurred on April 20, 2010, including how it happened, what oil company officials did about the catastrophe, and what it took to finally stop the leak. Describes the aftermath in both the political world and the environmental world.
Presents an introduction to forensic science, explaining how fires and bombs destroy evidence at crime scenes and describes how information is recovered, including basic fire characteristics, what investigators look for, and how they process what they find.
