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
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...
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...
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...
Norman Bethune (Canadians (Hardcover)) (Canadians (Paperback))
by Roderick Stewart
From the Late 1800s to the Early 1900s: Ferdinand Von Zeppelin to Reginald Fessenden (History's Most Influential Inventors)
From the Paleolithic Period to the Early 1800s: Cro-Magnons to Robert Fulton (History's Most Influential Inventors)
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.
What's Chemistry All About? (What's Science All About?)
by Alex Frith and Lisa Jane Gillespie
An approachable introduction to what chemistry is, how it works and why it is vital to everyday life. Topics include: the periodic table, atom structure, radiation and the scientific method, all illustrated with humorous illustrations and diagrams. Simple experiments are provided to aid learning and internet links to recommended websites are provided so readers can find out more. This is a highly illustrated ebook that can only be read on the Kindle Fire or other tablet.
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...
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...
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...
The Basics of Biochemistry (Core Concepts (Second Edition))
by Anne O'Daly