Science & Technology
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The Ocean of Truth: The Story of Sir Isaac Newton
$12.95 Add to cart- Author: McPherson, Joyce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 148
- Publish Date: July 1, 1997
- ISBN10: 1882514505
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Reached for the Stars: A Memoir
$0.00 Read more“Inspiring and joyous.”–People
“Heartwarming . . . infectious . . . Morillo’s The Boy Who Reached for the Stars is every bit the inspiration he means it to be.”—Kirkus Reviews
The engineer known as th
- Author: Morillo, Elio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063214318
- Language: English
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October Sky
$9.99 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The “nostalgic and entertaining memoir” (People), originally published as Rocket Boys, that inspired the Universal Pictures film.
“A message of hope in an age of cynicis- Series: Coalwood #1
- Author: Hickam, Homer
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 16, 1999
- ISBN10: 0440235502
- Language: English
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Before the Big Bang: The Origin of Our Universe from the Multiverse
$19.99 Add to cart“A riveting tour of the cosmos from one of the brightest minds in astrophysics.” —The Washington Post
A revolutionary new account of our universe’s creation–and a breathtaking exploration of the land
- Author: Mersini-Houghton, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0063268523
- Language: English
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Surely You Re Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
$50.99 Add to cart- Series: Adventures of a Curious Character
- Author: Feynman, Richard P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 01 1984
- ISBN10: 0393019217
- Language: English
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The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin
$17.99 Add to cartNSTA Best STEM Books for K-12 Selection
NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books Selection
Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award Recipient
A Mighty Girl Book of the YearIf you’ve ever felt different, if yo
- Series: Amazing Scientists #1
- Author: Finley Mosca, Julia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 29, 2017
- ISBN10: 1943147302
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
$18.99 Add to cartNow a Netflix Film, Starring and Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor of 12 Years a Slave
William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land wi
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Kamkwamba, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 27, 2010
- ISBN10: 0061730335
- Language: English
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Who Was George Washington Carver?
$6.99 Add to cartBorn in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Gigliotti, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 29 2015
- ISBN10: 0448483122
- Language: English
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Who Is Jane Goodall?
$6.99 Add to cartA life in the wild
Jane Goodall, born in London, England, always loved animals and wanted to study them in their natural habitats. So at age twenty-six, off she went to Africa Goodall’s up-close obs- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Edwards, Roberta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 08 2012
- ISBN10: 0448461927
- Language: English
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Determined Dreamer: The Story of Marie Curie
$19.99 Add to cartThis is a comprehensive and accessible picture book biography of Marie Curie, the groundbreaking scientist and two-time Nobel Prize winner, from an acclaimed author and illustrator duo.
Before Marie Cu
- Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 27, 2024
- ISBN10: 0062373323
- Language: English
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Reaching for the Moon
$8.99 Add to cart“This rich volume is a national treasure.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Captivating, informative, and inspiring…Easy to follow and hard to put down.” —School Library Journal (starred review)- Author: Johnson, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: 5-May-20
- ISBN10: 1534440844
- Language: English
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Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ramón Y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience
$18.99 Read moreIn an exquisitely illustrated nonfiction picture book about the childhood and discoveries of the “father of neuroscience,” science and art–together–work wonders.
Santiago Ram?n y Cajal’s father, th- Author: Iverson, Christine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1536224537
- Language: English
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Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
$19.99 Add to cartAn American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Honor Picture Book
Mary Golda Ross designed classified airplanes and spacecraft as Lockheed Aircraft Corporation’s first female engineer
- Author: Sorell, Traci
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 02, 2021
- ISBN10: 1541579143
- Language: English
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A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon
$18.99 Add to cartThe inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson–made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures–who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon!
Katherine k… [more below]- Author: Slade, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0316435171
- Language: English
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The Unexpected Light of Thomas Alva Edison
$17.99 Read moreFrom New York Times bestselling author and news anchor Raymond Arroyo comes the first book in the Turnabout Tales series–a picture book biography of one of America’s most famous inventors, Thomas Alv
- Series: Turnabout Tales
- Author: Arroyo, Raymond
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0310799236
- Language: English
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Who Was Amelia Earhart?
$6.99 Add to cartAmelia Earhart was a woman of many “firsts.” In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1935, she also became the first woman to fly across the Pacific. From her ear… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Jerome, Kate Boehm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 11 2002
- ISBN10: 0448428563
- Language: English
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The Book of Blast Off!: 15 Real-Life Space Missions
$18.99 Read moreYoung readers will discover the spacecraft and astronauts from 15 iconic space missions in The Book of Blast Off!, an out-of-this-world rhyming picture book from bestselling author Timothy Knapman and… [more below]
- Author: Henderson, Nik
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1419765957
- Language: English
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Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe
$28.00 Read moreA stunning and inspiring memoir charting a life as an astronomer, classically-trained actor, mother, and Black woman in STEM, searching for life in the universe while building a meaningful life here o… [more below]
- Author: Shields, Aomawa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0593299183
- Language: English
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What’s a Germ, Joseph Lister?: The Medical Mystery That Forever Changed the Way We Heal
$19.99 Add to cartThis engrossing, timely, and highly illustrated biography of the father of modern surgery reveals the shocking practices of surgeons before Joseph Lister proved where infections come from.
In 1841, a q
- Author: Alexander, Lori
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 0358538173
- Language: English
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Lab Girl: A Memoir
$17.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER – NATIONAL BESTSELLER – Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant lif… [more below]
- Author: Jahren, Hope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 28 2017
- ISBN10: 1101873728
- Language: English
