Louis Pasteur (Scientists and Their Discoveries)
by Harvey Warren
5th Grade Us History: Famous Us Inventors (Children's Inventors Books)
by Baby Professor
How to Think Like a Stem Genius (Set) (How to Think Like a Stem Genius)
Women and GIS
Now available in a special hardcover edition with a dust jacket Twenty-three stories about how ordinary girls with very different passions have become extraordinary women and made significant contributions to our world Women look to other women as role models and for inspiration. Seeing confidence, leadership, and accomplishments in other women helps a young woman envision herself with those qualities. Women and GIS: Mapping Their Stories tells the tales of how 23 women applied themselves and ov...
Who is Manya Curie? Biography of Famous People Children's Biography Books
by Baby Professor
Isaac Newton (Scientists and Their Discoveries)
by Paul M Nittany
Mountains Beyond Mountains (Adapted for Young People)
by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
This young readers' adaptation of Tracy Kidder's book describes how in medical school Dr. Farmer found his life's calling, to diagnose and cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Traces the efforts of Dr. Paul Farmer to transform healthcare on a global scale, documenting his visits to some of the world's most impoverished regions and the unconventional methods that enabled him to improve and save lives.
Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Google (Technology Titans)
by Hal Marcovitz
In the mid- to late-nineteenth century, a burgeoning science called electricity promised to shine new light on a rousing nation. Inventive and ambitious minds were hard at work. Soon that spark was fanned, and a fiery war was under way to be the first to light - and run - the world with electricity. Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of direct current (DC), engaged in a brutal battle with Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse, the inventors of alternating current (AC). There would be no ties in thi...
Elon Musk is the visionary behind SpaceX and CEO of the electric car company Tesla. He is working on unique and daring improvements to both public transit and solar energy. And then, there's his highly-publicized plans for colonizing Mars... But behind the mind-blowing headlines and legendary drive is the story of a bullied and beaten school boy, who through creativity and determination decided to rewrite his story and find his own way to make the world a better place. And to do so with a sense...
Social media star and comedian Josh Sundquist takes readers on his hilarious journey to the fringes of viral stardom to discover if it's possible to be both very famous and very happy.As a semi-famous internet creator, Josh Sundquist knows what it's like to chase fame, but he also knows that more fame usually means more stress. So he set out on a pseudo-scientific investigation to find out if there is any way for fame and happiness to overlap.He attempts to define the word "fame"-hint: it's hard...
Leonardo Da Vinci (Scientists and Their Discoveries)
by John Cashin
Sally Ride: The First American Woman in Space - Biography Book for Kids Children's Biography Books
by Baby Professor
The Most Influential Women in Stem (Breaking the Glass Ceiling: The Most Influential Women)
by Barbara Allman
How Did Bill Gates Get His First Million? Biography of Famous People Children's Biography Books
by Baby Professor
The Lady Who Loved Chimpanzees - The Jane Goodall Story: Biography 4th Grade Children's Women Biographies
by Baby Professor
Important Black Americans in Science and Invention (Black Americans of Distinction)
by Don Nardo