Masterminds
9 total works
Meet the S.T.E.A.M. pioneers and discover their fascinating life story and inspirations.
Rosalind Franklin tells the story of this key scientific figure, covering her ambition to be a scientist from an early age through to her work on the structure of DNA and X-ray diffraction, the late recognition of the part she played in the discovery of the structure of DNA and her amazing legacy to science today.
Masterminds introduces some of the world's great scientists, inventors and artists, retelling their lives and explaining why their work was important. Clear photographic designs bring a real-life quality to these biographies and major S.T.E.A.M. discoveries.
Provides an understanding of scientific discoveries and presents inspirational lives from a variety of diverse backgrounds.
Includes a timeline of the person's life and shows the ongoing legacy that we can see around us today.
Perfect for readers aged 7 and up.
Meet the S.T.E.A.M. pioneers and discover their fascinating life story and inspirations.
George Washington Carver tells the story of this key scientific figure - covering his origins as the son of slaves in Missouri, USA through his work as an agricultural scientist developing better ways to cultivate crops. He also developed various products derived from peanuts, sweet potatoes and soy-beans that radically changed the agricultural economy of the United States.
Masterminds introduces some of the world's great scientists, inventors and artists, retelling their lives and explaining why their work is important. Clear photographic designs bring a real-life quality to these biographies and major S.T.E.A.M. discoveries.
Provides an understanding of scientific discoveries and presents inspirational lives from a variety of diverse backgrounds.
Includes a timeline of the person's life and shows the ongoing legacy that we can see around us today.
Perfect for readers aged 7 and up.
Meet the S.T.E.A.M. pioneers and discover their fascinating life story and inspirations.
Stephen Hawking tells the story of this key scientific figure - covering his whole journey from his shocking diagnosis at age 21, through to his career at Cambridge, to his ground-breaking work on black holes and his amazing legacy to science today.
Masterminds introduces some of the world's great scientists, inventors and artists, retelling their lives and explaining why their work is important. Clear photographic designs bring a real-life quality to these biographies and major S.T.E.A.M. discoveries.
Provides an understanding of scientific discoveries and presents inspirational lives from a variety of diverse backgrounds.
Includes a timeline of the person's life and shows the ongoing legacy that we can see around us today.
Perfect for readers aged 7 and up.
Meet the S.T.E.A.M. pioneer - Frank Lloyd Wright - and discover his fascinating life story and inspirations.
Frank Lloyd Wright tells the story of this key scientific figure - covering his whole life's journey, some of the iconic buildings he designed and built - including the Prairie style houses and the Guggenheim museum - his architecture school and his amazing legacy to architecture today.
Masterminds introduces some of the world's great scientists, inventors and artists, retelling their lives and explaining why their work is important. Clear photographic designs bring a real-life quality to these biographies and major S.T.E.A.M. discoveries.
Provides an understanding of scientific discoveries and presents inspirational lives from a variety of diverse backgrounds.
Includes a timeline of the person's life and shows the ongoing legacy that we can see around us today.
Perfect for readers aged 7 and up.
Titles in this series:
Rachel Carson
George Washington Carver
Marie Curie
Rosalind Franklin
Jane Goodall
Stephen Hawking
Katherine Johnson
Nikola Tesla
Leonardo da Vinci
Frank Lloyd Wright
Meet the S.T.E.A.M. pioneer - Rachel Carson - and discover her fascinating life story and inspirations.
Rachel Carson tells the story of this key scientific figure - covering her whole life's journey and her amazing legacy to science today. It follows her early inspirations and her determined and exemplary scientific skills as she uncovered the truth about the damage the pesticide DDT was doing to the environment. A fierce environmental campaigner and best-selling author, Carson is an inspiration to young scientists - in particular girls - as she navigated and succeeded in a male-dominated field.
Masterminds introduces some of the world's great scientists, inventors and artists, retelling their lives and explaining why their work is important. Clear photographic designs bring a real-life quality to these biographies and major S.T.E.A.M. discoveries.
Provides an understanding of scientific discoveries and presents inspirational lives from a variety of diverse backgrounds.
Includes a timeline of the person's life and shows the ongoing legacy that we can see around us today.
Perfect for readers aged 7 and up.
Titles in this series:
Rachel Carson
George Washington Carver
Marie Curie
Rosalind Franklin
Jane Goodall
Stephen Hawking
Katherine Johnson
Nikola Tesla
Leonardo da Vinci
Frank Lloyd Wright
Meet the S.T.E.A.M. pioneers and discover their fascinating life story and inspirations.
Katherine Johnson tells the story of this key scientific figure - covering her early maths skills which saw her attending high school at only 10 years old through to her work at NASA calculating and analysing the flight paths of many spacecraft. She helped send astronauts to the Moon.
Masterminds introduces some of the world's great scientists, inventors and artists, retelling their lives and explaining why their work is important. Clear photographic designs bring a real-life quality to these biographies and major S.T.E.A.M. discoveries.
Provides an understanding of scientific discoveries and presents inspirational lives from a variety of diverse backgrounds.
Includes a timeline of the person's life and shows the ongoing legacy that we can see around us today.
Perfect for readers aged 7 and up.
Meet the S.T.E.A.M. pioneer - Nikola Tesla - and discover his fascinating life story and inspirations.
Nikola Tesla tells the story of this key scientific figure - covering his origins and training as an electrical engineer through to his experiments in electricity, X-rays, remote controls, and wireless communications and his amazing legacy to science today.
Masterminds introduces some of the world's great scientists, inventors and artists, retelling their lives and explaining why their work is important. Clear photographic designs bring a real-life quality to these biographies and major S.T.E.A.M. discoveries.
Provides an understanding of scientific discoveries and presents inspirational lives from a variety of diverse backgrounds.
Includes a timeline of the person's life and shows the ongoing legacy that we can see around us today.
Perfect for readers aged 7 and up.
Titles in this series:
Rachel Carson
George Washington Carver
Marie Curie
Rosalind Franklin
Jane Goodall
Stephen Hawking
Katherine Johnson
Nikola Tesla
Leonardo da Vinci
Frank Lloyd Wright
Meet the S.T.E.A.M. pioneers and discover their fascinating life story and inspirations.
Marie Curie tells the story of this key scientific figure, covering her origins as the daughter of a Polish teacher through her work on radioactivity, winning the Nobel Prize, her professorship at the Sorbonne and her amazing legacy to science today.
Masterminds introduces some of the world's great scientists, inventors and artists, retelling their lives and explaining why their work is important. Clear photographic designs bring a real-life quality to these biographies and major S.T.E.A.M. discoveries.
Provides an understanding of scientific discoveries and presents inspirational lives from a variety of diverse backgrounds.
Includes a timeline of the person's life and shows the ongoing legacy that we can see around us today.
Perfect for readers aged 7 and up.
Meet the S.T.E.A.M. pioneers and discover their fascinating life story and inspirations.
Jane Goodall tells the story of this key scientific figure, covering her childhood during which she discovered her love of wildlife and observing it through to her ground-breaking observations and discoveries about chimpanzee behaviour. She revolutionised our understanding of our closest relative in the animal kingdom
Masterminds introduces some of the world's great scientists, inventors and artists, retelling their lives and explaining why their work is important. Clear photographic designs bring a real-life quality to these biographies and major S.T.E.A.M. discoveries.
Provides an understanding of scientific discoveries and presents inspirational lives from a variety of diverse backgrounds.
Includes a timeline of the person's life and shows the ongoing legacy that we can see around us today.
Perfect for readers aged 7 and up.