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.
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.
Chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, focusing on how his work on the atomic bomb helped him become one of the most iconic figures of the twentieth century.
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 illustrated biography of seventeenth-century British physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and alchemist, Sir Isaac Newton that chronicles his childhood and education as well as his many inventions and discoveries.
Presents a biography of African-American physicist Shirley Ann Jackson, and chronicles her childhood in Washington D.C., her education, and her many achievements in the field of science.
