Science & Technology
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The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science
$19.99 Add to cartSoaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, a
- Author: Falk, Seb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0393868400
- Language: English
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The Sole Man: Jan Matzeliger’s Lasting Invention
$18.99 Add to cartIn 1873, at the age of 21, Jan Ernst Matzeliger immigrated to America, having left all that was familiar behind in South America. He arrived with hopes and dreams of a bright future in this new countr
- Author: Keller, Shana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1534113002
- Language: English
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Evidence!: How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera
$19.99 Add to cartThe incredible true story of the doctor who traced London’s cholera outbreak to a single water pump, and went on to save countless lives through his groundbreaking research!
Dr. John Snow is one of th- Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0593426819
- Language: English
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What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures
$34.00 Read moreOur climate future is not yet written. What if we act as if we love the future?
Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provoca- Author: Johnson, Ayana Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0593229363
- Language: English
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Tesla’s Walk
$22.99 Add to cartAccompany the genius inventor and futurist Nikola Tesla on a poetic journey through one autumn day in 1899 Colorado Springs.
Nikola Tesla’s eight-month visit to Colorado Springs in 1899 is integral to
- Author: Sena, Jimmy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: July 10 2024
- ISBN10: 9798891323360
- Language: English
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Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet
$8.99 Read moreThe true story of how a scientist saved the planet from environmental disaster–now in paperback!
Mexican American Mario Molina was a modern-day hero who helped solve the ozone crisis of the 1980s. Gr- Author: Rusch, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1623541867
- Language: English
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Magnet: How William Gilbert Discovered That Earth Is a Great Magnet
$25.99 Add to cartThe compass needle always pointed north.
This simple observation sent William Gilbert deep into research about magnets. William’s insatiable curiosity led him to collect lodestones from all over the wo
- Series: Moments in Science #9
- Author: Pattison, Darcy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1629442453
- Language: English
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The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought
$20.00 Add to cartUnraveling the Power of Obsessive Thoughts
Dive into the complex world of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with this riveting narrative by acclaimed science writer, David Adam. The Man Who Couldn’t- Author: Adam, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 02 2016
- ISBN10: 1250083184
- Language: English
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Ground Control: An Argument for the End of Human Space Exploration
$28.99 Add to cartIn the 1960s and ’70s, America spent $24 billion (around $150 billion in today’s dollars) to land humans on the moon and “win” the space race. And while humans took their first steps on an extraterres… [more below]
- Author: Mandel, Savannah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1641609923
- Language: English
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Empowered: Frame Your Narrative. Own Your Power.
$19.99 Add to cartThrough our challenges, we all need a reminder that our stories can empower our journeys!
Serena Sacks-Mandel built a successful tech career on the foundation of a tough childhood. Brick by brick, she
- Author: Sacks-Mandel, Serena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: March 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1958481238
- Language: English
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Reentry: Spacex, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets That Launched a Second Space Age
$31.95 Add to cartHow did a shaky startup defy expectations and become the world’s leading spaceflight company? Get the untold story of the team of game-changers, led by a well-known billionaire, who are sending NASA a… [more below]
- Author: Berger, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1637745273
- Language: English
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The Big Freeze: A Reporter’s Personal Journey Into the World of Egg Freezing and the Quest to Control Our Fertility
$30.00 Add to cartA fascinating investigation into the lucrative, minimally regulated, fast-growing industry of egg freezing, from a young reporter on a personal journey into the world of cutting-edge reproductive medi… [more below]
- Author: Lampert, Natalie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1524799386
- Language: English
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Everyday Stem Engineering – Electrical Engineering
$17.99 Read moreDiscover how the electrical section of engineering is part of our daily lives with Everyday STEM — Electrical Engineering.
Following on from Everyday STEM – Civil Engineering and Everyday STEM – Che- Series: Everyday Stem
- Author: Jacoby, Jenny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 0753478978
- Language: English
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Wild at Heart: The Story of Olaus and Mardy Murie, Defenders of Nature
$18.99 Add to cartMardy and Olaus Murie fell in love in–and with–Alaska. Then set out on an adventure across the Arctic for Olaus’s work as a biologist, encountering the beauty and danger of the wilds along the way.
- Author: Griffith, Evan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 2024
- ISBN10: 153411291X
- Language: English
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One Step Sideways, Three Steps Forward: One Woman’s Path to Becoming a Biologist
$29.95 Add to cartThe story of the unorthodox and inspiring life and career of a pioneering biologist
Scientist Rosemary Grant’s journey in life has involved detours and sidesteps–not the shortest or the straightest- Author: Grant, B. Rosemary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691260591
- Language: English
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Soft Power for the Journey: The Life of a STEM Trailblazer
$31.99 Add to cartThis is a story of an African American woman working at the highest levels in STEM. Dr. Sandra K. Johnson earned a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Rice University in May 1988, the fi
- Author: Johnson, Sandra K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1032724250
- Language: English
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Listen Up!: Alexander Graham Bell’s Talking Machine
$5.99 Read moreIT’S 1876 AND THE whole country is celebrating the 100th birthday of the United States. The biggest party is in Philadelphia at the World’s Fair, where the latest and greatest inventions are on displa… [more below]
- Series: Step Into Reading – Level 3
- Author: Kulling, Monica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 28 2007
- ISBN10: 0375831150
- Language: English
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Einstein’s Tutor: The Story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics
$34.00 Add to cartThe revelatory story of an intellectual giant who made foundational contributions to science and mathematics and persevered in the face of discrimination against women in science.
Emmy Noether is one- Author: Phillips, Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1541702956
- Language: English
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Science: A Visual Encyclopedia
$29.99 Add to cartYou’ll be firing on all cylinders with this science spectacular
The exciting exploration of biology, chemistry, and physics is vital reading for curious minds. Science becomes simple and straightforw- Series: Visual Encyclopedia
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 146547322X
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
$10.95 Read moreThe authoritative edition of Franklin’s autobiography, with a foreword by the eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan
“The best and most beautiful edition [of the Autobiography].”–J. H. Plumb, New- Series: Yale Nota Bene
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 10 2003
- ISBN10: 0300098588
- Language: English
