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When 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
Inconspicuous consumption: the environmental impact you don't know you have
Par Tatiana Schlossberg. 2019
New York Times science writer discusses four areas of environmental impact: the Internet and technology, food, fashion, and fuel. Examines…
complexities and frustration of living in a carbon-intensive society and provides advice for reducing impact and making informed choices. 2019As the world burns: the new generation of activists and the landmark legal fight against climate change
Par Lee van der Voo. 2020
Journalist profiles the twenty-one youth plaintiffs from across the United States who sued the government in 2018 for the right…
to inherit a planet not irrevocably damaged by climate change. Discusses the individual circumstances of the plaintiffs and government policies which relaxed environmental regulations. Strong language. 2020Bretz's flood: the remarkable story of a rebel geologist and the world's greatest flood
Par John Robert Soennichsen. 2008
At the end of the Ice Ages, repeated floods from Lake Missoula in Montana tore through North Idaho and Eastern…
Washington and down the Columbia Gorge to the Pacific. The floods took much of the topsoil and left behind the channeled scablands and Grand Coulee. J. Harlen Breitz was the first geologist to realize what had happened. His reports were roundly criticized. It took aerial photography and field trips by his doubters to prove him rightChampion: the comeback tale of the American chestnut tree
Par Sally M. Walker. 2018
Recounts how the American chestnut tree, which was nearly extinct in the early 1900s due to an unknown blight, has…
made a comeback thanks to human ingenuity. For grades 5-8. 2018Dog is love: why and how your dog loves you
Par Clive D. L. Wynne. 2019
A canine behaviorist draws on studies from his own lab and others around the world to look at the question…
of whether dogs do, in fact, love their humans. Using research such as MRIs of dogs interacting with their owners, he concludes that affection is intrinsic to dogs. 2019Professional chef and trained scientist examines the lure of pseudoscience when it comes to nutrition and health. Topics include the…
way the "correlation implies causation" fallacy feeds false beliefs, instances where the science behind health fads is wrong, the influence of pseudoscience, the harm it does, and fighting back. 2018The equations of life: how physics shapes evolution
Par Charles Cockell. 2018
Astrobiologist presents an argument that evolution is subject to the laws of physics. Pays particular attention to which features of…
life are determined by physical laws and which are products of chance. For senior high and older readers. 2018The order of time
Par Carlo Rovelli. 2018
Physicist and author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (BR 21539) and Reality Is Not What It Seems (BR 21925)…
presents his views on the concept and science of time. Pays particular attention to the works of Aristotle, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein. Translated from the original 2017 Italian edition. 2018The stuff of stars
Par Marion Dane Bauer. 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. 2018If polar bears disappeared
Par Lily Williams. 2018
More than meets the eye: what blindness brings to art
Par Georgina Kleege. 2018
Author of Sight Unseen (DB 48328) critically examines the ways institutions make art accessible to blind people and the connection…
of visual arts with language. Uses personal experiences, scientific studies, and historical literary analysis to support her arguments. 2018Fly girls: how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history
Par Keith O'Brien. 2018
An account of how a group of female pilots banded together to fight for the chance to compete in airplane…
racing, a hugely popular sport in the years between WWI and WWII. Profiles five talented pilots, including Amelia Earhart, and the competition and camaraderie they shared. 2018Meet J. Armand Bombardier (Scholastic Canada Biography)
Par Elizabeth MacLeod. 2022
Meet Joseph-Armand Bombardier — Canadian inventor, innovator and entrepreneur!Born in 1907, Joseph-Armand grew up in Valcourt, a small village in…
Quebec. Like many places in rural and Northern Canada, it was often cut off from the world after winter snows made the roads impassable. When Armand was a kid, he was already inventing his own toys, including his first attempt at a vehicle that could drive through snow. As an adult, the passion to invent a snow machine became a serious ambition after his 2-year-old son died from appendicitis. It was winter and they could not get him to the hospital.Armand persisted even after many failures — until he did it! His B7 snow machine was used to deliver milk and mail . . . and it saved lives. But Armand didn’t stop there! He continued to invent and innovate his whole life, making contributions to the war effort and developing machines like the Muskeg tractor and the famous Ski-doo. His inventions revolutionized the way people live and work.The award-winning Scholastic Canada Biography series highlights the lives of remarkable Canadians whose achievements have inspired and changed the lives of those who followed.Born both: an intersex life
Par Hida Viloria. 2017
The memoir of an individual who was raised as a girl but discovered as an adult that she was actually…
intersex, which refers to people with genitals, reproductive organs, hormones, or chromosomal patterns that do not fit the usual definitions of male or female. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2017Beauty and the beak: how science, technology, and a 3D-printed beak rescued a bald eagle
Par Deborah Lee Rose, Jane Veltkamp. 2017
After a hunter shattered her beak, Beauty, a bald eagle, was rescued in Alaska and relocated to Birds of Prey…
Northwest, a raptor center in Idaho. Recounts how scientists and engineers created a prosthetic beak from a 3D printer while her real beak regenerated slowly. For grades 3-6. 2017War in 140 characters: how social media is reshaping conflict in the twenty-first century
Par David Patrikarakos. 2017
A foreign correspondent examines the role of social media in early-twenty-first-century warfare. Discusses its use as a recruitment tool, the…
manufacturing of fake news, and more. Some violence and some strong language. 2017Broad band: the untold story of the women who made the Internet
Par Claire Lisa Evans. 2018
Chronicle of the work women did throughout history that led to the digital age. Includes profiles of Ada Lovelace, Admiral…
Grace Hopper, and Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler. Discusses the contributions of human computers, network development, technology evangelization, and more. 2018