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Now & Ben: the modern inventions of Benjamin Franklin
Par Gene Barretta. 2006
Discusses inventions of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) that are still in use today, such as bifocal glasses, lightning rods, rocking chairs,…
and flippers for swimming. Mentions Franklin's establishment of public services like libraries and his written documents, including the Declaration of Independence. For grades 2-4. 2006Odd boy out: young Albert Einstein
Par Don Brown. 2004
Nothing stopped Sophie: the story of unshakable mathematician Sophie Germain
Par Cheryl Bardoe. 2018
Biography of Sophie Germain (1776-1831), who grew up during the French Revolution and followed her dream of studying mathematics. In…
1816 she was the first woman to win a grand prize from the Royal Academy of Sciences for her work on vibrations. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades 2-4. 2018Dreaming in code: Ada Byron Lovelace, computer pioneer
Par Emily Arnold McCully. 2019
Reveals how the daughter of Lord Byron, Britain's most famous Romantic poet, became, by some accounts, the first computer programmer.…
Raised in isolation and tutored by the brightest minds, Ada developed a hunger for mental puzzles and mathematical conundrums that led to future computer programming concepts. For grades 5-8. 2019When sparks fly: the true story of Robert Goddard, father of US rocketry
Par Kristen Fulton, Diego Funck. 2018
Presents the life and accomplishments of scientist Robert Goddard. Describes his many attempts at building (and exploding) different types of…
rockets in his quest for space travel. For grades K-3. 2018How we got to now: six innovations that made the modern world
Par Steven Johnson. 2018
Kid scientists: true tales of childhood from science superstars (Kid Legends)
Par David Stabler. 2018
Unusual yet true stories from the childhoods of notable scientists, including Albert Einstein, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Katherine Johnson. A…
young Rachel Carson was instructed by her mother to catch--not kill--the bugs in the house and free them outside. For grades 3-6. 2018Listen up!: Alexander Graham Bell's talking machine (Step Into Reading)
Par Monica Kulling. 2007
The mystery of Darwin's frog
Par Martha L Crump. 2013
Describes Charles Darwin's 1834 discovery of an unusual type of frog on Lemuy Island in southern Chile and scientists' efforts…
decades later to understand why one male specimen was full of tadpoles. Includes glossary, resources, and a primer on efforts to save the species from extinction. For grades 5-8. 2013Ben Franklin: his wit and wisdom from A-Z
Par Alan Schroeder. 2011
Traces the history of rocketry from its Chinese origins to the International Space Station and profiles key scientists such as…
Wernher von Braun. Explains the scientific principles that allow satellite launches to overcome Earth's gravity. Recaps the space race and space shuttle program. For grades 5-8. 2010Six dots: a story of young Louis Braille
Par Jen Bryant, Boris Kulikov. 2016
A narrative biography of Louis Braille, who lost his sight as a young child while playing in his father's workshop.…
After being exposed to coded military messages at the Royal School for the Blind in Paris, Louis invented his own alphabet--a system for writing using six dots. For grades K-3. 2016A life in the wild: George Schaller's struggle to save the last great beasts
Par Pamela S Turner. 2008
Examines the background and fieldwork of wildlife conservationist George Schaller. Discusses his first Alaska expeditions and experiences observing gorillas in…
the Congo; studying tigers in India, lions in East Africa, and snow leopards in the Himalayas; and tracking pandas and surveying other endangered animals in China. For grades 5-8. 2008Rachel Carson: a twentieth-century life (Up Close)
Par Ellen Levine. 2008
Biography of Rachel Carson (1907-1964), the woman who started the U.S. environmental revolution during the 1960s. Discusses her education and…
fascination with nature, her battles against sexism and big-business interests, and the writing of Silent Spring (BR 11887)--her wake-up call about pesticide pollution. For grades 6-9. 2007Biography of Marie Curie (1867-1934), a dedicated scientist who became the first woman to win two Nobel Prizes. Describes her…
childhood in Poland, university education in Paris, pioneering research on radioactivity, and use of X-rays to help wounded soldiers. Places her achievements in historical contexts. For grades 4-7. 2006Me ... Jane
Par Patrick Mcdonnell. 2011
The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Gift of Nothing" presents an inspiring story of the young Jane Goodall and…
her special childhood toy chimpanzee. With anecdotes taken directly from Goodall's autobiography, McDonnell makes this very true story accessible for the very young.Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares (Step into Reading)
Par Richard Walz, Frank Murphy. 2001
A funny, entertaining introduction to Ben Franklin and his many inventions, including the story of how he created the "magic…
square." A magic square is a box of nine numbers arranged so that any line of three numbers adds up to the same number, including on the diagonal! Teachers and kids will love finding out about this popular teaching tool that is still used in elementary schools today!The Camping Trip that Changed America
Par Barbara Rosenstock, Mordecai Gerstein. 2012
Caldecott medalist Mordicai Gerstein captures the majestic redwoods of Yosemite in this little-known but important story from our nation's history.…
In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt joined naturalist John Muir on a trip to Yosemite. Camping by themselves in the uncharted woods, the two men saw sights and held discussions that would ultimately lead to the establishment of our National Parks.Finding the Speed of Light: The 1676 Discovery That Dazzled The World
Par Mark Weston. 2019
Kirkus Star Mark Weston’s high-interest story and Rebecca Evans’s colorful graphics make scientific discovery the coolest thing this side of…
Jupiter. More than two centuries before Einstein, using a crude telescope and a mechanical timepiece, Danish astronomer Ole Romer measured the speed of light with astounding accuracy. How was he able to do this when most scientists didn’t even believe that light traveled? Like many paradigm-shattering discoveries, Romer’s was accidental. Night after night he was timing the disappearance and reappearance of Jupiter’s moon Io behind the huge, distant planet. Eventually he realized that the discrepancies in his measurements could have only one explanation: Light had a speed, and it took longer to reach Earth when Earth was farther from Jupiter. All he needed then to calculate light’s speed was some fancy geometry.