Washoe County Library System

Various scientists whose scientific achievements are described in rhyme. "Einstein, Einstein, who do you see? I see Marie Curie looking at me! Full of scientific fun, Einstein, Einstein, Who Do You See? features appearances from real-life scientists including Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Charles Darwin, Ada Lovelace, and more! Young readers will delight in poking fun at a familiar text while learning about scientists who changed the world."--

A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.

Ms. Frizzle takes the gang on a tour through the history of science so they can get ideas for their science expedition.

A true story from one of the Women of NASA! Margaret Hamilton loved numbers as a young girl. She knew how many miles it was to the moon (and how many back). She loved studying algebra and geometry and calculus and using math to solve problems in the outside world. Soon math led her to MIT and then to helping NASA put a man on the moon! She handwrote code that would allow the spacecrafts computer to solve any problems it might encounter. Apollo 8....

Full-color illustrations and photographs introduce readers to the great scientists and their discoveries from ancient history to modern times.

Presents the life of the statesman and inventor who played an influential role in the early history of the United States, along with instructions on building models of some of his inventions.

Describes the research that Samuel Marshall and his students are doing on tarantulas, including the largest spider on earth, the Goliath birdeating tarantula.

A biography of the Scottish bacteriologist and Nobel Prize winner who discovered penicillin and its antibiotic properties.

A simple biography of the well-known English mathematitian and scientific thinker who helped to change our thinking about the universe.