Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology
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Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists
$11.99 Add to cartAn inspiring famous women book for girls, Girls Who Looked Under Rocks also makes the perfect feminist gift for girls.
Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists is for a wor
- Author: Atkins, Jeannine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1584690119
- Language: English
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Thomas Edison and the Lightbulb
$8.99 Read moreTells the story of Thomas Edison’s involvement in the development of the incandescent light bulb. Written in graphic-novel format.
- Series: Inventions and Discovery
- Author: Miller, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0736896511
- Language: English
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I Am Albert Einstein
$16.99 Add to cart“We can all be heroes” is the message entertainingly told in this New York Times Bestselling picture-book biography series, with this one highlighting Albert Einstein (Cover may vary)
Each picture book… [more below]- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 16 2014
- ISBN10: 0803740840
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
$19.99 Add to cartMost people think of mathematicians as solitary, working away in isolation. And, it’s true, many of them do. But Paul Erdos never followed the usual path. At the age of four, he could ask you when you
- Author: Heiligman, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 25 2013
- ISBN10: 1596433078
- Language: English
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I Am Marie Curie
$16.99 Add to cartThe first woman to win a Nobel Prize, physicist and chemist Marie Curie is the 19th hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series about heroes. (Cover may vary)
This friendly, f- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0525555854
- Language: English
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Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei
$9.99 Read more“If they had seen what we see, they would have judged as we judge.” — Galileo Galilei
In every age there are courageous people who break with tradition to explore new ideas and challenge accepted tru- Author: Sís, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0374470278
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition
$18.99 Add to cartNow a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village.
W- Author: Kamkwamba, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 05 2015
- ISBN10: 0803740808
- Language: English
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Florence Nightingale
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the highly acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.
Growing up in an upper-class family, it- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #78
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0711270791
- Language: English
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Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code Volume 1
$19.99 Read more“If you’ve got a good idea, and you know it’s going to work, go ahead and do it.”
The inspiring story of Grace Hopper–the boundary-breaking woman who revolutionized computer science–is told told in … [more below]- Series: People Who Shaped Our World #1
- Author: Wallmark, Laurie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 1454920009
- Language: English
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Who Is Temple Grandin?
$6.99 Read moreAutism did not stop her–in fact, it helped Temple Grandin become a brilliant scientist and inventor.
Temple Grandin wasn’t officially diagnosed with autism until she was in her 40s, but she knew at a- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Demuth, Patricia Brennan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0451532511
- Language: English
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Zaha Hadid
$15.99 Read morePart of the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Zaha Hadid tells the inspiring true story of the visionary Iraqi-British architect.
Zaha Hadid grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, surrounded- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #31
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1786037459
- Language: English
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The Story of Jane Goodall: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover the life of Jane Goodall–a story about loving and protecting nature for kids 6 to 9
Jane Goodall is a celebrated scientist for her studies of chimpanzees in the forests of Africa. Before she- Series: The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers
- Author: Katz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 19 2020
- ISBN10: 1646118731
- Language: English
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Neil Armstrong: Young Pilot
$8.99 Add to cartNeil Armstrong didn’t grow up wanting to be an astronaut–because there were no astronauts in 1930. But he did love to fly from an early age, and after serving in the Korean War and then finishing col… [more below]
- Series: Childhood of Famous Americans (Paperback)
- Author: Dunham, Montrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0689809956
- Language: English
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The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest
$18.99 Add to cartThis picture book biography tells the story of Meg Lowman, a groundbreaking female scientist called a “real life Lorax” by National Geographic, who was determined to investigate the marvelous, undisco… [more below]
- Author: Lang, Heather
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1684371775
- Language: English
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Dragon Bones: The Fantastic Fossil Discoveries of Mary Anning
$19.99 Read moreDragon Bones is a picture book biography of fossil-hunter Mary Anning, who discovered a dinosaur skeleton that changed the landscape of paleontology.
At home in her seaside town in England, little Mar- Author: Marsh, Sarah Glenn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1250140218
- Language: English
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Reaching for the Moon
$9.99 Read morePerfect for the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing in summer 2019
It’s been fifty years since Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon. But the journey didn’t begin when he stepped on board Apollo 11 that fa
- Author: Aldrin, Buzz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 20 2008
- ISBN10: 0060554479
- Language: English
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100 Scientists Who Shaped World History
$7.99 Add to cartLearn all about the fascinating lives and tremendous impact of 100 extraordinary scientists from all over the world with this fact-filled biography collection for kids. From Pythagorus to Isaac Newton
- Series: 100 Series
- Author: Tiner, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0912517395
- Language: English
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Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers
$8.99 Read moreWilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers is the next installment in the Childhood of Famous Americans series.
From Augusta Stevenson, Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers this lively, inspiring, and- Series: Childhood of Famous Americans (Paperback)
- Author: Stevenson, Augusta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 31 1986
- ISBN10: 0020421702
- Language: English
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The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe
$18.99 Read moreThe Stuff Between the Starsis author Sandra Nickeland illustrator Aim? Sicuro’s inspired biographical picture book about a female astronomer who makes huge discoveries about the mysteries of the night… [more below]
- Author: Nickel, Sandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1419736264
- Language: English
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Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas
$10.99 Add to cartAuthor Cheryl Bardoe and illustrator Jos. A. Smith’s picture book Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas tells the true story about the father of genetics and his pea plants!
An Orbis Pictus Honor Boo- Author: Bardoe, Cheryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 18 2015
- ISBN10: 1419718401
- Language: English
