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Project Apollo
By Diane Sipiera. 1997
Describes the eighteen missions of Project Apollo, including the tragedy that took the lives of three astronauts as well as…
the successes of landing on the Moon and linking up with Soviet cosmonauts in space. For grades 3-6Comets and meteor showers
By Paul Sipiera. 1997
Defines a comet, its parts, and its orbit. Describes meteors, meteor showers, and meteor storms. Discusses the importance of comets…
to astronomers and mentions comets Halley, West, Hale-Bopp, and Hyakutke. For grades 3-6Science in ancient Egypt
By Geraldine Woods. 1998
Discusses some of the scientific accomplishments of the ancient Egyptians in such fields as mathematics, astronomy, and medicine. Cites the…
engineering feat of the pyramids; measuring devices like the nilometer, water clock, and a sun-based calendar; fractions and geometry; herbal remedies, dental work, and mummification. For grades 5-8The genius of China: 3,000 years of science, discovery, and invention
By Robert Temple. 1986
Reveals the Chinese origins of such "modern" inventions as paper and printing, gunpowder, and the magnetic compass. Temple's eleven topics--including…
astronomy, engineering, medicine, and warfare--provide historical context and show that more than half of the basic discoveries considered "Western" were developed earlier in ChinaProject Gemini
By Diane Sipiera. 1997
Describes the twelve missions of Project Gemini resulting in the first manned space flight and the first walk in space.…
Explains the differences between Project Mercury and Project Gemini, discusses problems in orbit, and provides a list of the astronauts. For grades 3-6The science of Jurassic Park and the lost world
By Rob DeSalle. 1997
An examination of scientific theories that were explored in the popular Jurassic Park (RC 32018, BR 9345) and The Lost…
World (RC 41160, BR 10243). Investigates the feasibility of producing a dinosaur using samples of DNA. Reconstructs social behavior of the prehistoric creatures. For senior high and older readersThe origin of species (Oxford World's classics)
By Charles Darwin. 1996
The nineteenth-century English scientist's theory of evolution, in which he uses the findings of anatomy, geology, embryology, and paleontology to…
support his explanation of natural selection and survival of the fittestAnnals of the former world
By John McPhee. 1998
The author combines four of his previous works, Basin and Range (RC 17090), In Suspect Terrain (RC 19430), Rising from…
the Plains (RC 25157), and Assembling California (RC 36170), with a fifth, Crossing the Craton, to create an epic of the earth's formation. Pulitzer PrizeScience in ancient Greece
By Kathlyn Gay. 1998
Presents scientific and mathematical beliefs held about two thousand years ago. Discusses ancient Greek thinkers: Ptolemy, an astronomer; Pythagoras, Euclid,…
and Archimedes, mathematicians; and Hippocrates, a physician, among others. For grades 5-8Space and the American imagination
By Howard McCurdy. 1997
Discusses the development of the U.S. space program in response to public interest spurred by writers of science and science…
fiction. Examines impacts of popular pressures and cultural ideals in shaping policy decisions that led to the creation of the national space venture; explores the resulting discrepancies between expectations and realityThis new ocean: the story of the first space age
By William Burrows. 1998
A history of flight based on three decades of research and 175 taped interviews. The first part traces human fascination…
with flying from the Greek era to the space race between the Russians and the Americans. The second focuses on events since 1964 and the future of space programsEdwin Hubble: American astronomer (A book report biography)
By Mary Fox. 1997
Portrait of Edwin Hubble, the astronomer for whom the space telescope is named. His study of galaxies led to the…
understanding that our Milky Way is only one of several in the universe. Traces his youth in Missouri, his college years, and his association with Albert Einstein. For grades 6-9The history of counting
By Denise Schmandt-Besserat. 1997
Explains the evolution of counting. Presents examples from past cultures of various systems for numbering and recording quantities. Describes the…
importance of abstract counting and the advantage of inventing zero. For grades 3-6. 1999Science in ancient Mesopotamia
By Carol Moss. 1998
Discusses scientific and technological discoveries made in the "cradle of civilization." Describes explorations by Sumerians and Babylonians in the fields…
of medicine, mathematics, astronomy, and chemistry that formed the foundations for modern knowledge. For grades 5-8The structure of the universe (A Scientific American focus book)
By Paul Halpern. 1997
Traces the cosmological history from the sixth century B.C. when Greek philosophers imagined that the planets circled the Earth to…
the Big Bang and Great Attractor theories. Describes the technology used to gather information for these concepts and to predict the future of the universe. For high school and older readersThe story of clocks and calendars: marking a millennium
By Betsy Maestro. 1999
This history of timekeeping explains how people in earlier ages made calendars to mark the changing seasons. Discusses the ways…
smaller units of time were measured by sundial, hourglass, burning candles, and early forms of clocks. Additional facts about time are included at the end. For grades 3-6Dinosaurs to dodos: an encyclopedia of extinct animals
By Don Lessem. 1999
A chronological overview of extinct life forms, progressing from one-celled sea creatures and prehistoric dinosaurs to twentieth-century mammals and birds.…
Provides scientific and popular names, physical characteristics, and places of origin. Discusses the eras, periods, and epochs of mass extinctions. For grades 4-7. 1999Buried treasure: roots & tubers
By Meredith Hughes. 1998
Presents the history, growing methods, and use of potatoes, sweet potatoes, cassava, carrots, turnips, beets, and radishes. Describes ways of…
preparing and eating these vegetables in different countries. Includes five recipes. For grades 4-7. 1998The end of the dinosaurs: Chicxulub crater and mass extinctions
By Charles Frankel. 1999
Describes the discovery in Mexico of the Chicxulub meteor impact crater, which the author cites as evidence that such a…
catastrophic event caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. Discusses the chain of scientific findings that established the theory, alternative explanations, and the risk of such occurrences in the future. 1999Number the stars: A Newbery Award Winner
By Lois Lowry. 1989
For ten-year-old Annemarie, life in occupied Copenhagen in 1943 is not much changed by the war--until the Nazi persecution of…
Danish Jews begins. Annemarie's family helps a Jewish friend by having her pose as Annemarie's dead sis- ter. When a packet must be taken to the captain of a ship smuggling Jews to Sweden, Annemarie learns that being brave means "not thinking about the dangers. Just thinking about what you must do." For grades 3-6 and older readers. Newbery Medal. 1989