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Broad band: the untold story of the women who made the Internet
By Claire Lisa Evans. 2018
Chronicle of the work women did throughout history that led to the digital age. Includes profiles of Ada Lovelace, Admiral…
Grace Hopper, and Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler. Discusses the contributions of human computers, network development, technology evangelization, and more. 2018Chasing space: an astronaut's story of grit, grace, and second chances
By Leland Melvin. 2017
Astronaut shares his experiences that led him to space. Discusses his time as a professional football player in the NFL,…
training to be an astronaut, derailment of his career when a training injury resulted in severe bilateral hearing loss, recovery, and eventual work on the International Space Station. 2017Wonder women: 25 innovators, inventors, and trailblazers who changed history
By Sam Maggs. 2016
Profiles of twenty-five women in the categories of science, medicine, espionage, innovation, and adventure. Features women from all over the…
world and across time, including Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), Anandibai Joshi (1865-1887), and Bessie Coleman (1892-1926). Each section concludes with a Q&A with a living practitioner. 2016Fire in my eyes: an American warrior's journey from being blinded on the battlefield to gold medal victory
By Brad Snyder, Tom Sileo. 2016
Memoir of a former Navy SEAL blinded during his deployment in Afghanistan. Snyder discusses his combat experience, his recovery after…
losing his sight on the battlefield in 2011, and the competitive swimming that led him to win a gold medal at the London Paralympic Games in 2012. Some violence. 2016Hidden figures: the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race
By Margot Lee Shetterly. 2016
Daughter of a NASA engineer profiles the black women who worked for NASA, and its predecessor NACA, as human computers.…
Discusses their lives prior to joining NACA/NASA, the challenges they faced due to gender and race discrimination, and their impact on the space program. Basis for the 2016 movie. 2016No barriers: a blind man's journey to kayak the Grand Canyon
By Erik Weihenmayer. 2017
The author of Touch the Top of the World (BR14512) lost his sight as a teen but still seeks adventure…
around the world. He shares his experience kayaking the Colorado River and his efforts to help other blind people, especially children, learn to live adventurous lives. Some strong language. 2017Einstein's masterwork: 1915 and the general theory of relativity
By John Gribbin. 2016
An astrophysicist examines Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which he presented in 1915 and which was partially confirmed a…
century later by the detection of gravitational waves. Places the theory into context within Einstein's larger body of work as well as the scientific research being conducted at the time. 2016The home place: memoirs of a colored man's love affair with nature
By J. Drew Lanham. 2016
Naturalist describes his family history and the development of his love for the natural world around him. Discusses the issue…
of race both in the everyday enjoyment of the outdoors and in his professional life. Examines the impact of the home where he grew up and the loss of it. 2016Brief candle in the dark: my life in science
By Richard Dawkins. 2015
Author of An Appetite for Wonder (DB 77591) continues the analysis of his life. Discusses his literary achievements, reactions to…
the criticism and fame that came because of his books, and the personalities he has met, including Douglas Adams, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Leakey, and Miriam Rothschild, among others. 2015Magnificent Principia: exploring Isaac Newton's masterpiece
By Colin Pask. 2013
Mathematician uses the third edition of Isaac Newton's Principia (1726) and explains the ways it frames his approach to science.…
Discusses Newton's place in scientific history, the Principia's reception by Newton's contemporaries, and the impact of the work on later generations of scientists. 2013The eternal Nazi: from Mauthausen to Cairo, the relentless pursuit of SS doctor Aribert Heim
By Nicholas Kulish. 2014
Aribert Heim, former Nazi doctor at the Mauthausen concentration camp, escaped to Baden-Baden after the war and later to Cairo,…
where he lived in anonymity. German police investigator Alfred Aedtner refused to let Heim go unpunished, and teamed up with Simon Wiesenthal in a quest to bring him to justice. Violence. 2014After relating her first years with guide dog Teela in Traveling Blind: Adventures in Vision with a Guide Dog by…
My Side (BR 18861), Stanford professor Krieger returns with another book about her now aging companion. She discusses her blindness and the many ways her relationship with Teela has enriched her life. 2015Author describes how, as a young British journalist in 1941, she accepted forensic pathologist Keith Simpson's offer to be his…
secretary. She describes cases she encountered while working by his side for five years in the mortuary and at crime scenes. 1955We should hang out sometime: embarrassingly, a true story
By Josh Sundquist. 2014
Motivational speaker and Paralympic ski racer--he lost a leg to Ewing's sarcoma--recounts his humorous attempts at dating and uses quasi-scientific…
methods to analyze his failures. He interviews females from his past in hopes of eventually finding his true love. For senior high and older readers. 2014The barefoot lawyer: a blind man's fight for justice and freedom in China
By Guangcheng Chen. 2015
Chen grew up poor and blind in rural China, becoming an activist for the rights of the disabled. He was…
imprisoned by the Chinese government for four years, and he and his family were under house arrest until his daring escape to the American embassy in 2012. 2015Deaf-blind reality: living the life
By Scott M. Stoffel. 2012
Exploration of the everyday challenges faced by those who are deaf and blind. Discusses interactions with family members at special…
events, grocery shopping, classroom and meeting environments, and other typical happenings. Uses the personal experiences of twelve people from around the world for illustration. 2012An appetite for wonder: the making of a scientist : a memoir
By Richard Dawkins. 2013
Memoir of evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist details both his education and spiritual awakenings. Describes his life at boarding schools…
in colonial Africa and England, his work at Oxford University, and the writing of his seminal book The Selfish Gene (DB 10899). Reflects on both familial and professional influences. 2013Listen up!: Alexander Graham Bell's talking machine (Step Into Reading)
By Monica Kulling. 2007
Letters to a young scientist
By Edward O Wilson. 2013
Pulitzer Prize winner and biology professor reflects on what it takes to succeed in science. Discusses his own career's ups…
and downs, ways to be creative in the field, the day-to-day life of a scientist, and the importance of understanding the big picture. Young adult appeal. 2013Thinking in numbers: on life, love, meaning, and math
By Daniel Tammet. 2013
Author of Born on a Blue Day (DB 63862) explores "the math of life" in twenty-five essays. Topics covered include…
the calendar created by Omar Khayyám in 1074 CE and the concept of zero in Shakespeare's work. Also discusses why years feel shorter as we age. 2012