Science & Technology
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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
$18.00 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
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Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
$19.99 Add to cartThe bold story of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA during the space race and was depicted in the film Hidden Figures.
You’ve likely heard of the historic Apollo- Author: Becker, Helaine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 19 2018
- ISBN10: 1250137527
- Language: English
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
$35.00 Add to cartIn this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fascinating of America’s founders helped define our nation
- Author: Isaacson, Walter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: July 01, 2003
- ISBN10: 0684807610
- Language: English
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Black Inventors: 15 Inventions That Changed the World
$9.99 Add to cartDiscover 15 inventors and inventions that changed the world in this guide for kids ages 8 to 12
Throughout history, Black inventors have achieved some of the world’s greatest advancements in science,- Series: Biographies for Kids
- Author: Trusty, Kathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: June 29, 2021
- ISBN10: 1648768687
- Language: English
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Kati’s Tiny Messengers: Dr. Katalin Karikó and the Battle Against Covid-19
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the author of the National Jewish Book Award Finalist Bartali’s Bicycle comes the story of Katalin Karikó, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose research of mRNA led to the world-altering devel
- Author: Hoyt, Megan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063216620
- Language: English
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The Astronaut’s Guide to Leaving the Planet: Everything You Need to Know, from Training to Re-Entry
$14.99 Add to cartIn this exciting book, a former NASA astronaut inspires the next generation of space travelers with answers to all kids’ questions on how people become astronauts, how they prepare for space travel, a
- Author: Virts, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 1523514566
- Language: English
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Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality
$19.99 Add to cartAn awesome, globe-spanning, and New York Times bestselling journey through the beauty and power of mathematics
What if you had to take an art class in which you were only taught how to paint a fence?- Author: Frenkel, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 09, 2014
- ISBN10: 0465064957
- Language: English
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From Farmworker to Astronaut/de Campesino a Astronauta: My Path to the Stars/Mi Viaje a Las Estrellas
$12.95 Add to cartIn this autobiographical work for intermediate readers, former astronaut Jose M. Hernandez shares his journey from farmworker to spaceman.
- Author: Hernandez, Jose M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 31 2019
- ISBN10: 1558858687
- Language: Spanish
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A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults): My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
$18.99 Add to cartA NASA astrophysicist narrates his improbable journey from an impoverished childhood and an adolescence mired in drugs and crime to the nation’s top physics PhD program at Stanford in this inspiring c… [more below]
- Author: Oluseyi, Hakeem
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1984849638
- Language: English
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Artificial: A Love Story
$38.00 Read moreA visionary story of three generations of artists whose search for meaning and connection transcends the limits of life
How do we relate to–and hold–our family’s past? Is it through technology? Thro- Author: Kurzweil, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 1948226383
- Language: English
