Science & Technology
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Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician
$18.99 Read more“A detail-rich picture book.” —Kirkus Reviews
From award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome and acclaimed illustrator Ra l Col n comes the sens
“Straightforward and inviting.” —School Library Journal- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1534404759
- Language: English
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The Lost Boys: Inside Muzafer Sherif’s Robbers Cave Experiment
$18.00 Read moreAn investigative history of one of social psychology’s classic–and most controversial–studies: the Robbers Cave experiment
In 1954, a group of American boys attended a remote summer camp where they
- Author: Perry, Gina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1947534602
- Language: English
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Alexander Von Humboldt
$15.99 Read moreIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Alexander von Humboldt, the botanist and adventurer.
As a kid, Alexa- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #81
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 0711271240
- Language: English
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
$30.00 Read moreForty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed
- Author: Lewis, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 06 2016
- ISBN10: 0393254593
- Language: English
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The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families
$12.95 Read moreThe fascinating story of Dr. Gordon Sato, who helped a small African village become self-sustaining by planting a forest of mangrove trees to reshape the community’s ecosystem.
Now in paperback!
For a l
- Author: Roth, Susan L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1620145804
- Language: English
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Timeline Science and Technology: A Visual History of Our World
$29.99 Read moreA big visual introduction to the world’s greatest inventions, discoveries and technologies for children, young and old.
Travel through time with this remarkably illustrated 80-page journey of our p
- Author: Goes, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1776573005
- Language: English
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Albert Einstein Was a Dope?
$16.95 Read moreAlbert Einstein was a high school dropout!
When he finally made it to college, he failed physics!
And when he died, his doctor saved his brain and eyeballs!
Wait! What?
Siblings Paige and Turner have co
- Series: Wait! What?
- Author: Gutman, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1324015586
- Language: English
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Tu Youyou’s Discovery: Finding a Cure for Malaria
$17.99 Read more2024 Garden State Children’s Book Award Nominee
Tu Youyou’s malaria treatment saved millions of lives, and she became the first Chi
2023 Finalist AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books- Series: She Made History
- Author: Daemicke, Songju Ma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0807581119
- Language: English
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The Untold Story of Michael Collins: Apollo 11 Pilot
$31.32 Read moreMost people have heard about Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s 1969 moon landing. But there was another important crew member on that mission who’s often forgotten–the command module pilot Michael Col… [more below]
- Series: First But Forgotten
- Author: Lusted, Marcia Amidon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669015947
- Language: English
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Small Wonders: Jean-Henri Fabre and His World of Insects
$17.99 Read moreA moth with a sixth sense. A wasp that hunts beetles nearly twice its size. The lives of fascinating creatures such as these were unknown until one man introduced them to the world.
Meet Jean-Henri Fab
- Author: Smith, Matthew Clark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 12 2015
- ISBN10: 1477826327
- Language: English
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Maria Sibylla Merian: Artist, Scientist, Adventurer
$21.95 Read moreA Moonbeam Children’s Books Gold Award Winner, Sarah B. Pomeroy and Jeyaraney Kathirithamby’s picture book Maria Sibylla Merian is the first biography of the celebrated artist, scientist, and adventur… [more below]
- Author: Pomeroy, Sarah B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: February 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1947440012
- Language: English
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My Inventions and Other Writing and Lectures
$15.00 Read moreThis volume presents one of the richest and most comprehensive collections of writings by Nikola Tesla, a founding figure of the modern electrical power industry and long-time rival of Thomas Edison. … [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Tesla, Nikola
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0486845753
- Language: English
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Prime Obsession: Berhhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
$19.00 Add to cartThe definitive story of the Riemann Hypothesis, a fascinating and epic mathematical mystery that continues to challege the world.
In 1859, Bernhard Riemann, a little-known thirty-two year old mathemat- Author: Derbyshire, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 25 2004
- ISBN10: 0452285259
- Language: English
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Kid Innovators: True Tales of Childhood from Inventors and Trailblazers
$13.99 Read moreMoving, funny, and totally true childhood biographies of Bill Gates, Madam C. J. Walker, Hedy Lamarr, Walt Disney, and 12 other international innovators.
Throughout history people have experimented,- Series: Kid Legends #7
- Author: Stevenson, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1683692276
- Language: English
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Young Trailblazers: The Book of Black Inventors and Scientists: (Inventions by Black People, Black History for Kids, Children’s United States History)
$31.99 Add to cartDiscover Incredible Inventions by Black People (Ages 8-12)
#1 New Release in Children’s Inventors Books
Young Trailblazers: The Book of Black Inventors and Scientists is a fun new book for children that
- Series: Young Trailblazers
- Author: Fievre, M. J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1642506060
- Language: English
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Thomas Edison
$5.99 Read moreLearn all about Thomas Edison, one of the most important figures in American history, in this colorful, inviting, and entertaining biography. This carefully leveled reader is written in an easy-to-gra… [more below]
- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Kramer, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 08 2014
- ISBN10: 1426314760
- Language: English
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Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles
$18.99 Add to cartThe rise and fall of William Mulholland, and the story of L.A.’s disastrous dam collapse: “A dramatic saga of ambition, politics, money and betrayal” (Los Angeles Daily News).
Rivers in the Desert fol- Author: Davis, Margaret Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: August 19 2014
- ISBN10: 149763878X
- Language: English
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The Forgotten Genius of Oliver Heaviside: A Maverick of Electrical Science
$26.00 Read moreFINALIST 2019 IEEE William and Joyce Middleton Electrical Engineering History Award This biography of Oliver Heaviside profiles the life of an underappreciated genius and describes his many contribut… [more below]
- Author: Mahon, Basil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 1633883310
- Language: English
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Breaking Through the Clouds: The Sometimes Turbulent Life of Meteorologist Joanne Simpson
$19.99 Read moreWriter Sandra Nickel and illustrator Helena Perez Garcia’s Breaking Through the Clouds is an inspiring picture book biography about the meteorologist whose discoveries helped us understand how weather… [more below]
- Author: Nickel, Sandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1419749560
- Language: English
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The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution
$15.95 Read moreTwenty-one years passed between Charles Darwin’s epiphany that “natural selection” formed the basis of evolution and the scientist’s publication of On the Origin of Species. Why did Darwin delay, and … [more below]
- Series: Great Discoveries (Paperback) #0
- Author: Quammen, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 01 2007
- ISBN10: 039332995X
- Language: English
