Science & Technology
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Charles Darwin’s on the Origin of Species: Big Ideas for Curious Minds
$12.99 Read moreEvery once in a while, an idea comes along that is so radical, so surprising, that it completely transforms the way that we look at the world.
This beautifully illustrated book brings to life Charles- Series: Arcturus Genius Ideas
- Author: Leach, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1398831182
- Language: English
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¡Fushhh! / Whoosh!: El Chorro de Inventos Súper Húmedos de Lonnie Johnson
$7.99 Add to cartAhora en espa ol, la verdadera historia del juguete favorito de todos los ni os en el verano, la S per Pistola de Agua, y c mo fue inventado por accidente.
Mientras trataba de crear un sistema de enfr- Author: Barton, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1580895239
- Language: Spanish
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Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
$19.99 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller! The untold story of the eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses who helped build the atomic bomb and defeat the Nazis–changing the course of hi… [more below]
- Author: Conant, Jennet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 06 2003
- ISBN10: 0684872889
- Language: English
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The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age
$35.00 Read moreThe definitive biography of the brilliant, charismatic, and very human physicist and innovator Enrico Fermi
In 1942, a team at the University of Chicago achieved what no one had before: a nuclear cha- Author: Schwartz, David N.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: December 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0465072925
- Language: English
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Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo Da Vinci
$8.99 Read moreAn introduction to Leonardo da Vinci’s genius focusing on his famous notebook sketches and the modern inventions they predicted.
In 1781, Thomas Paine came up with a model for a single-span bridge; in- Author: Barretta, Gene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 21 2016
- ISBN10: 1250079608
- Language: English
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Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission
$18.99 Read moreNow in paperback, the life story of a world-famous astronaut who was a trailblazer for women and is a role model today
Eileen Collins was an aviation pioneer her entire career, from her crowning achie- Author: Collins, Eileen M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1956763422
- Language: English
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The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of Dna’s Double Helix
$20.00 Read moreJames Watson and Francis Crick’s 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how
- Author: Markel, Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 132405039X
- Language: English
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For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time – A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics
$19.99 Add to cartIn For the Love of Physics, beloved MIT professor Walter Lewin, whose riveting physics lectures made him a YouTube super-star, takes readers on a remarkably fun, inventive, and often wacky journey tha… [more below]
- Author: Lewin, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 07 2012
- ISBN10: 145160713X
- Language: English
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Too Big for a Single Mind: How the Greatest Generation of Physicists Uncovered the Quantum World
$30.00 Add to cartThere may never be another era of science like the first half of the twentieth century, when a peerless cast of physicists–Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Max Planck, Wolfgang Pauli, Niels Bohr, Werner… [more below]
- Author: Hürter, Tobias
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1615199209
- Language: English
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Who Is Bill Gates?
$5.99 Add to cartBill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was…? biography, children will learn of Gates’ childhood passion … [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Demuth, Patricia Brennan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 21 2013
- ISBN10: 0448463326
- Language: English
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The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the Fight for Women in Science
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book
As late as 1999, women who succeeded in science were called “exceptional” as if it were unusual for them to be so bright. They were exceptional, not because they could su- Author: Zernike, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1982131845
- Language: English
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Computer Decoder: Dorothy Vaughan, Computer Scientist
$9.95 Add to cartA full-color picture book biography about Dorothy Vaughan, one of NASA’s first African American managers and one of the groundbreakers on the front line of electronic computing–includes hands-on STEM
- Series: Picture Book Biography
- Author: Diehn, Andi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1619307650
- Language: English
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The Astronomer Who Questioned Everything: The Story of Maria Mitchell
$18.99 Add to cartPerfect for fans of STEM, this inspiring picture book biography tells the extraordinary story of pioneering astronomer Maria Mitchell.
Maria longed to travel beyond her small island of Nantucket. Bu
- Author: Alary, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1525303481
- Language: English
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Wonderful Hair: The Beauty of Annie Malone
$18.99 Read moreForgotten today, Annie Turnbo Malone was an influential Black business leader in the early 20th century.
She turned her personally developed hair care products into a successful industry, including s
- Author: Catarevas, Eve Nadel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 195435410X
- Language: English
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A Primate’s Memoir: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
$18.00 Add to cartIn the tradition of Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Robert Sapolsky, a foremost science writer and recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant, tells the mesmerizing story of his twenty-one years in remote Ke… [more below]
- Author: Sapolsky, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 12 2002
- ISBN10: 0743202414
- Language: English
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First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers
$5.99 Add to cartThis Level Four I Can Read book is a perfect bridge to chapter books for elementary-grade kids–and it introduces the thrilling story of the Wright Brothers, flight pioneers.
When Tom Tate hears that
- Series: I Can Read Level 4
- Author: Shea, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 18 2003
- ISBN10: 0064442152
- Language: English
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Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
$39.95 Add to cartThe story of two brilliant nineteenth-century scientists who discovered the electromagnetic field, laying the groundwork for the amazing technological and theoretical breakthroughs of the twentieth ce… [more below]
- Author: Forbes, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 11 2014
- ISBN10: 1616149426
- Language: English
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Science Comics: Flying Machines: How the Wright Brothers Soared
$13.99 Add to cartA National Science Teachers Association Best STEM Books of 2017
Follow the famous aviators from their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, to the fields of North Caroli
Take to the skies with Flying Machines!- Series: Science Comics
- Author: Wilgus, Benjamin A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 23 2017
- ISBN10: 1626721394
- Language: English
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Endurance: My Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery
$19.00 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now, he takes us inside a … [more below]
- Author: Kelly, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 25 2018
- ISBN10: 0525432434
- Language: English
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Fossil Hunter: How Mary Anning Changed the Science of Prehistoric Life
$11.99 Add to cart“This in-depth, beautifully illustrated biography of Mary Anning sings with the passion and perseverance of the woman herself, who from girlhood on scoured the shifting cliffs of her native Dorset to
- Author: Blackford, Cheryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0063308975
- Language: English
