Important Black Americans in Science and Invention (Black Americans of Distinction)
by Don Nardo
Hulu and Jason Kilar (Internet Biographies)
by Bella La, Laura and Laura La Bella
Charles Darwin (Scientists and Their Discoveries)
by Bradley Sneddon
Rosalind Franklin: DNA Discoverer (Women in Science)
by Tom Streissguth
Think. Invent. Organize. Share. Don't be evil. And change the world. Larry Page and Sergey Brin started out as two Stanford college students with a wild idea: They were going to organize the world's information. From that one deceptively simple goal, they created one of the most influential and innovative companies in the world. The word “google” has even entered our vocabulary as a verb. Now, find out the true history of Google - from its humble beginnings as a thesis project made out of “borr...
Norman Bethune (Canadians (Hardcover)) (Canadians (Paperback))
by Roderick Stewart
The Basics of Atoms and Molecules (Core Concepts (Second Edition))
by Anne O'Daly
Illustrated Dictionary of Physics (Usborne Illustrated Dictionaries) (Illustrated dictionaries)
by Corinne Stockley, Chris Oxlade, Jane Wertheim, Kirsteen Rogers, Fiona Johnson, Tom Petersen, Sir John Hawkins, and John Durell
Split into six colour-coded sections covering all aspects of the SAT and GCSE curriculums, this physics dictionary covers key concepts such as radioactivity, heat, sound and electricity.
Steve Jobs: Genius by Design (Campfire Graphic Novels) ()
by Jason Quinn
iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, iPad, iCon! Steve Jobs and his inventions changed the world we live in. His extraordinary life story is brimming with passion, innovation and creative genius. Share his triumphs and failures, as we journey from his birth and his adoption, through the advent of the computer age and on into the digital age. Forced out of the company he created, his indomitable vision allowed him to change the world of computers, movies, music and telecommunications. Prepare to be inspir...
The Basics of Biochemistry (Core Concepts (Second Edition))
by Anne O'Daly
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 13.0px Times} The Atomic Women is a portrait of the World War II female scientists who worked in laboratories and secrets sites of the Manhattan Project, and whose contributions have been left unstudied. Recruited not only from labs and universities from across the country, but also from countries abroad, these women scientists helped, and often initiated the development of the atomic bomb, taking a starring role in the Manhattan...
When Valentina Tereshkova blasted off aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, she became the first woman to rocket into space. It would be nineteen years before another woman got a chance—cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982—followed by American astronaut Sally Ride a year later. By breaking the stratospheric ceiling, these women forged a path for many female astronauts, cosmonauts, and mission specialists to follow. Women in Space profiles twenty-three pioneers from around the world, including Eilee...
CBC - NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Students K-12 2017Meet 21 determined women who have dedicated their lives to healing others. These courageous women from the 1800s to the present focused on finding cures, tending the sick and wounded, and healing with science and compassion. Readers meet groundbreakers such as Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States; Mary Carson Breckinridge, the “nurse on horseback” who delivered babies in the Appala...
Meet the pioneers of S.T.E.A.M. and discover their fascinating life stories and inspirations with the Masterminds series. Katherine Johnson was a mathematician who played a key role in calculating how to land on the moon. Featured in the 2016 movie "Hidden Figures," Johnson was one of the greatest mathematical minds in U.S. history. Masterminds readers will learn how influential figures in S.T.E.A.M., like Johnson, made massive contributions to their fields and how their stories and discoveries...
Meet the pioneers of S.T.E.A.M. and discover their fascinating life stories and inspirations with the Masterminds series. Stephen Hawking was a world-famous theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who made groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of the universe. He wrote the best-selling title "A Brief History of Time," which over the years has become a modern classic, and has helped non-scientists understand and explore big questions about the universe. Masterminds readers will...
From the Late 1800s to the Early 1900s: Ferdinand Von Zeppelin to Reginald Fessenden (History's Most Influential Inventors)