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1	Snowflake Bentley more books like this by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Mary Azarian (Illustrator) add to wishlist This biography tells the story of Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley, a boy who loved snow so much that he wanted to capture its beauty forever in photographs. His parents, both farmers, scrimped and saved up their money and bought him a camera that came with its own microscope, and Wilson started photographing snowflakes. While at first no one paid him ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Phineas Gage: A Gruesome But True Story about Brain Science more books like this by John Fleischman add to wishlist The true story of Phineas Cage, a man who lived through a horrible accident that left him with a hole in his brain in 1848. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Librarian Who Measured the Earth more books like this by Kathryn Lasky, Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator) add to wishlist Describes the life and work of Eratosthenes, the Greek geographer and astronomer who accurately measured the circumference of the Earth. see all copies from $2.50! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Wright Brothers more books like this by Quentin Reynolds add to wishlist A biography of the two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, who built and flew the first airplane. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours more books like this by Jane Goodall add to wishlist The well-known scientist shares her adventures, observations, and discoveries of chimpanzees and their behavior; and discusses the need to protect the endangered animals and their vanishing habitats. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Who Was Albert Einstein? more books like this by Jess Brallier, Robert Andrew Parker (Illustrator) add to wishlist Full of the details kids want to know, the true story of scientist Albert Einstein is told in a fun, engaging way. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
7	Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women more books like this by C Thimmesh add to wishlist Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable diapers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.86! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Thomas Edison: Young Inventor more books like this by Sue Guthridge, Wallace Wook (Illustrator) add to wishlist A biography focusing on the childhood of the inventor who patented more than 1,100 inventions in sixty years, among them the electric light and the phonograph. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.65! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Reaching for the Moon more books like this by Buzz Aldrin, Wendell Minor (Illustrator) add to wishlist Buzz Aldrin's intense enjoyment of his first flight, at the tender age of two in a little red and white plane piloted by his father, hinted at a bright future in space. Famous for being one of the first men to walk on the moon as part of the 1969 Apollo 11 expedition, Buzz recounts the personal history that lead to his groundbreaking voyage. His ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.22! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Albert Einstein, Young Thinker more books like this by Marie Hammontree add to wishlist All children know who Albert Einstein grew up to be--but what was he like as a child? The clear text in this book is enhanced by illustrations and paintings, documents and photographs from the Smithsonian and the National Gallery. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Pasteur's Fight Against Microbes Pasteur's Fight Against Microbes more books like this by Beverly Birch, Christian Birmingham add to wishlist Describes the scientist's efforts to fight against microbes, and how his discoveries have saved millions of lives. see all copies from $2.43! new only from $2.43! \| SVS
12 view cover	Albert Einstein more books like this by Frieda Wishinsky add to wishlist Filled with photographs and illustrations, DK's acclaimed biography series tackles Albert Einstein and Harry Houdini, bringing a new clarity and narrative voice to history's most colorful figures. Includes detailed sidebars and handy vocabulary boxes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| SVS
13 view cover	Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists more books like this by Jeannine Atkins, Paula Conner (Illustrator) add to wishlist The six women portrayed in this book -- Maria Merian (b.1647), Anna Comstock (b.1854), Frances Hamerstrom (b.1907), Rachel Carson (b.1907), Miriam Rothschild (b.1908) and Jane Goodall (b.1934) -- all grew up to become award-winning scientists, writers and artists, as comfortable with a pen as with a magnifying glass. They all started out as girls ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.21! \| SVS
14 view cover	Rachel Carson: Preserving a Sense of Wonder more books like this by Thomas Locker (Illustrator), Joseph Bruchac add to wishlist Poetic prose and evocative paintings capture the essence of a young girl who would become the biologist whose groundbreaking work, "Silent Spring," would lead to her becoming one of the most important women in conservationist history. Full color. see all copies from $3.65! new only from $4.50! \| SVS
15 view cover	Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas more books like this by Cheryl Bardoe, Jos A Smith (Illustrator) add to wishlist Regarded as the world's first geneticist, Gregor Mendel overcame poverty and obscurity to discover one of the fundamental aspects of genetic science: how traits are inherited from one generation to the next. This biography, with illustrations that show the early scientist's progress, tells the story of his remarkable life. From a young age, Mendel ... see all copies from $7.43! new only from $7.58! \| SVS
16 view cover	Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei more books like this by Peter Sis (Illustrator) add to wishlist The life, ideas, and genius of Galileo Galilei are portrayed in this picture book that includes maps, events, and a world view of Galileo's time period. A "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year, ALA Notable Book, and Caldecott Honor Book. Full-color illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Neil Armstrong: Young Pilot more books like this by Montrew Dunham, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator) add to wishlist This series of biographies, longtime favorites of young readers, now add the first new titles in over 20 years. Rich or poor, great American men and women lived out childhoods as vastly different as the adults they became. Here young readers will learn about the early years of the first person to step foot on the moon, a historic feat he described ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.64! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein more books like this by Don Brown add to wishlist Einstein's early years as an odd, awkward outsider with his peers and in the classroom will hearten any child who isn't a capable athlete or straight-A scholar. This ink-and-watercolor picture book biography follows Einstein's life from his birth in 1879 (a very fat newborn with an oversized and oddly shaped head) to young adulthood (he couldn't ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Galen and the Gateway to Medicine more books like this by Jeanne Bendick (Illustrator) add to wishlist We know about Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine. But we owe nearly as much to Galen, a physician born in 129 A.D. at the height of the Roman Empire. Galen's acute diagnoses of patients, botanical wisdom, and studies of physiology were recorded in numerous books, handed down through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Not least, Galen passed on the ... see all copies from $8.37! new only from $8.37! \| SVS
20 view cover	Native American Doctor: The Story of Susan Laflesche Picotte more books like this by Jeri Ferris add to wishlist A biography of the young Omaha Indian woman who became the first Native American woman to graduate from medical school. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau more books like this by Dan Yaccarino add to wishlist Jacques Cousteau was the world's ambassador of the oceans. His popular TV series brought whales, otters, and dolphins right into people's living rooms. Now, in this exciting picture book biography, Yaccarino introduces young readers to the man behind the snorkel. Full color. see all copies from $10.17! new only from $10.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	My Life with the Chimpanzees more books like this by Jane Goodall add to wishlist The story of Jane Goodall's first 28 years of life in the jungle observing its wildlife, with an emphasis on the intelligent and personable chimpanzees whose champion she has been for many years. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| signed copies \| SVS
23 view cover	Louis Pasteur: Hunting Killer Germs more books like this by E A M Jakab add to wishlist Can Louis Pasteur's dog vaccine save nine-year old Joseph Meister? Savagely bitten 14 times by a rabid dog, Joseph is sure to die in agony from rabies. His desperate mother brings him to Pasteur's laboratory on July 6, 1885, and begs the famous French scientist to use his new rabies vaccine on the boy. But the vaccine has been tested only on dogs. ... see all copies from $21.70! new only from $61.95! \| SVS
24 view cover	The Man Who Made Time Travel more books like this by Kathryn Lasky, Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator) add to wishlist This dramatic picture-book biography tells the story of John Harrison, an obscure 18th-century clock maker who envisioned a way to measure longitude by mapping the heavens and developed a seafaring clock. A Junior Library Guild Selection. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Finding Where the Wind Goes: Moments from My Life more books like this by Mae Jemison, Mae Jamison, Dr Mae Jemison add to wishlist Dr. Mae Jemison--chemical engineer, scientist, teacher, and the first African-American woman to go into space--shares the story of her life. In this autobiography, she traces her life from her childhood determination to fly into space to when she made history as she blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle "Endeavor". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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