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"Discusses the life story of Alexander Fleming, his study of medicine and bacteriology, and his discovery of penicillin"--OCLC.

Chronicles the twenty-year battle, public and private, between Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz over who invented calculus.

Tells the story of Ernest Shackleton and his crew who abandoned the ship Endurance in the Antarctic.

Probes the tragic and mysterious fate of Sir John Franklin's failed expedition to find the Northwest Passage in 1845.

Sherlock Holmes investigates the mysterious bearded man who is following Miss Violet Smith on a bicycle.

Sherlock Holmes investigates the case of Violet Hunter, who has been asked to cut off her long hair and dress in a specific blue gown in order to be hired as governess at the Copper Beeches.

Presents the survival story of Ernest Shackleton, an Antarctic explorer whose ship was trapped in ice for more than five hundred days in extreme conditions before being rescued.

Provides an account of the voyage undertaken by polar explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew aboard the Endurance in 1914-15, telling how the men survived after their ship became locked inside an island of ice and drifted for ten months before being crushed.

Presents an introduction to the life and work of English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton.

"Follows the travels of British explorer Sir John Franklin on his doomed expedition to the Arctic ... Topics include: the search for a Northwest Passage through the Arctic, life stuck in the ice, contact with the native Inuit, Franklin's disappearance, and the long quest to discover the expedition's fate."--Provided by publisher.