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The fabulous flying machines of Alberto Santos-Dumont
By Victoria Griffith. 2012
The disease fighters: the Nobel Prize in medicine ([Nobel Prize winners])
By Nathan Aaseng. 1987
Terry Fox: a story of hope
By Maxine Trottier. 2005
Terry Fox was a typical Canadian kid who liked to play basketball and soccer, but whose 'ordinary' life was changed…
suddenly at age 18 when his leg was amputated because of cancer. This biography covers the life of Terry Fox and his reasons for running across Canada. Traces his progress from the run's beginning on April 12, 1980 in St. John's until its premature conclusion in Thunder Bay on September 1, 1980. Grades 2-4. 2005.At nine years old, Eugenie Clark developed an unexpected passion for sharks after a visit to the Battery Park Aquarium…
in New York City. At the time, sharks were seen as mindless killing machines, but Eugenie knew better and set out to prove it. Despite many obstacles in her path, Eugenie was able to study the creatures she loved so much. From her many discoveries to the shark-related myths she dispelled, Eugenie made wide scientific contributions that led to her being nicknamed Shark Lady. Winner of 2018 Forest of Reading The Blue Spruce Award. Grades K-3. 2017.Stephen Hawking: revolutionary physicist (Great achievers : lives of the physically challenged)
By Melissa McDaniel. 1994
Biography of the British scientist who is famous for his work with black holes. Details Hawking's early experience with computer…
technology, his diagnosis with Lou Gehrig's disease in his youth, and his achievement in spite of the illness. Recounts his education, which led to a doctorate, and his scientific research. Grades 5-8. c1994.Sandford Fleming (The Canadians)
By Lorne Edmond Green. 1980
The Canadian Pacific Railway owes its existence to Fleming, an engineer, who promoted the idea of a transcontinental railway. He…
was also responsible for the 24-hour time-zone based on the Greenwich meridian. Grades 5-8. 1980. (The Canadians)Remembering John McCrae: soldier, doctor, poet
By Linda Granfield. 2009
"In Flanders Fields the poppies blow..."Every Canadian student, teacher and parent can recite these powerful words. But behind every poem…
is a poet, who lived, breathed, and in this case, led an extraordinary life. Despite John McCrae reaching Canadian icon status, his life has been largely unknown. This books is a beautiful tribute to this man. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. 2009.Radioactive!: how Irène Curie and Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world
By Winifred Conkling. 2016
In 1934, Irene Curie, working with her husband and fellow scientist, Frederic Joliot, made a discovery that would change the…
world: artificial radioactivity. This breakthrough allowed scientists to modify elements and create new ones by altering the structure of atoms. Curie shared a Nobel Prize with her husband for their work. But when she was nominated to the French Academy of Sciences, the academy denied her admission and voted to disqualify all women from membership. Four years later, Curie's breakthrough led physicist Lise Meitner to a brilliant leap of understanding that unlocked the secret of nuclear fission. Meitner's unique insight was critical to the revolution in science that led to nuclear energy and the race to build the atom bomb, yet her achievement was left unrecognized by the Nobel committee in favour of that of her male colleague. Presents the story of two women breaking ground in a male-dominated field, scientists still largely unknown despite their crucial contributions to cutting-edge research. Grades 4-7. 2016.Phineas Gage: a gruesome but true story about brain science
By John Fleischman. 2002
1848. An improperly prepared charge of gunpowder rocketed a three-foot-long iron rod through the brain of railroad worker Phineas Gage.…
Gage remained coherent as he rode an oxcart back to town for help, and survived the accident for nearly a dozen years, though his personality changed from amiable to argumentative. The author shows how Gage's misfortune actually played an intriguing and important role in the development of our knowledge of the brain. Grades 5-8. 2002.One beetle too many: the extraordinary adventures of Charles Darwin
By Kathryn Lasky. 2010
Norman Bethune (The Canadians)
By Roderick Stewart. 1974
Most of my patients are animals
By Robert M Miller. 1985
The author is a veterinarian in California. Although his speciality is equine medicine, he has doctored every type of animal,…
from poodles to panthers. For junior and senior high readers. c1985.Meet Chris Hadfield (Scholastic Canada biography)
By Elizabeth MacLeod. 2018
Meet Colonel Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space - and make a music video while in orbit!…
When Chris Hadfield was a boy, growing up on a farm in Milton, Ontario, Canada didn't have a space program. But from the moment he saw a man first walk on the moon, young Chris decided he would somehow get to space. And with everything Chris did, from learning to fix farm machinery and joining the Air Cadets to flying fighter planes and becoming a test pilot, he prepared himself to get there. Chris Hadfield has rocketed into space three times, been on two space walks and was the first Canadian to command the International Space Station. And nobody plays a guitar in space or rocks a mustache better! Includes a timeline. Grades 2-4. 2018.McCurdy and the Silver Dart
By Les Harding. 1998
J.A.D. McCurdy became one of Canada's aviation pioneers for his design of a biplane called the Silver Dart. This book…
recounts his experiments with kites and planes and his 1909 landmark flight above the ice of the Bras d'Or. Although it crashed six months later, the Silver Dart's engine rests in the National Aviation Museum today, a reminder of the first person to fly out of sight of land. Grades 4-7. 1998.Marion Hilliard (Canadians)
By Mary Carol Wilson. 1977
Leonardo da Vinci: Giants Of Science (Giants of science.)
By Kathleen Krull. 2008
For more than thirty years - half his life - he was obsessively devoted to investigating everything in the natural…
world. Nothing escaped his interest - how our eyes see, why the sky is blue, what forces build mountains, how light travels, where water comes from, and - most fascinating of all to Leonardo-the inner workings of the human body. Grades 4-7. 2008.Into the volcano: A Volcano Researcher At Work
By Donna Donovan-O'Meara. 2005
In a helicopter with no doors, she hovers over a lava lake the size of two football fields - then…
lands! She runs through clouds of scalding steam, dodging lava bombs, to photograph glowing hot lava as it pours into the sea. She sets up camp on the edge of a volcano's cone, only to be hit with hurricane-force winds, poisonous gases and acidic ash. This is a typical day in the life of Donna O'Meara, volcano researcher, writer and photographer. Grades 4-7. 2005.Isaac Newton: Giants Of Science (Giants of science.)
By Kathleen Krull. 2007
Isaac Newton was not only brilliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive. Here is a portrait of the man, contradictions and…
all, that places him against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions. Grades 4-7. 2007.Inventors: profiles in Canadian genius
By Thomas Carpenter. 1990
Profiles of nine Canadian inventors who have had a profound impact on the fields of communication, travel and industry. Some…
of the inventions include hydroelectric power stations, synthetic fertilizers and the snowmobile. Senior High and adult readers. 1990.Going up!: Elisha Otis's trip to the top (Great idea series)
By Monica Kulling. 2012