Albert Einsten, Physicist and Genius by Joyce Goldenstern, Enslow Publishers, Inc. Berkley Heights, NJ 1995
A biography of Albert Einstein, one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. It contains a chapter of physics activities appropriate for elementary grade children.
Hispanic Scientists: Ellen Ochoa, Carlos A. Ramirez, Eloy Rodriguez, Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Maria Elena Zalava by Jetty St. John, Capstone Press, Mankato, MN 1996
Short biographies of 6 working scientists; Ramirez, a professor working on an artificial pancreas, Ochoa, a NASA astronaut, Rodriguez, a medicinal plant researcher, Villa-Komaroff, a neurology professor, and Zalava, a biologist working on cold resistant plants.
African-American Scientists: Robert Jones, Reatha Clark King, Walter Massey, Franklyn G. Prendergast, Larry Shannon by Jetty St. John, Capstone Press, Mankato, MN 1996
Short biographies of 5 working scientists; Prendergast, a biochemist studying bacteria and viruses, Shannon, who studies fish, King, who studied metals but now leads a foundation, Jones, who works on improving varieties of corn, and Massey, who studied superconductivity and now is President of Morehouse College.
Native American Scientists: Fred Begay, Wilfred F. Denetclaw Jr., Frank C. Dukepoo, Clifton Poodry, Jerrel Yakel by Jetty St. John, Capstone Press, Mankato, MN 1996
Short biographies of 5 working scientists; Denetclaw sudies diseases, Dukepoo studies genetics,Begay is a physicist working on neuclear power, Poodry works at the National Institutes of health, Yakel is a neuroscientist working on the brain.
Dr. Charles Drew, Medical Pioneer by Susan Whitehurst, The Child's World, Inc., Chanhassen, MN, 2002
A biography of Drew, an African American doctor, who helped establish blood banks and the use of plasma instead of whole blood for transfusions.
Q is for Quark, A Science Alphabet Book written by David M. Schwartz, pictures by Kim Doner
Twenty six chapters starting with A is for Atom, and ending with Z is for Zzzzzzzzzzz, that each explain a topic in science with clear, if small, type and funny but thought provoking illustrations.
Louis Pasteur by Ann Fulick, Heinemann Library, Reed Educational & Professional Publishing, Chicago, IL 2001
Pasteur, who invented the proces for preseving milk, also discovered the way to use vaccinations to cure infectious deseases like rabies.
Marie Curie and Radium by Steve Parker, Chelsea House Publishers, Philadelphia, PA 1995
The story of the discoverer of Radium and winner of two Nobel Prizes for research into radioactivity.
Galileo, Astronomer and Physicist, by Paul Hightower, Enslow Publishers, Inc. Berkley heights, NJ 1995
A biography of a renaissance astronomer who discovered the moons of Jupiter, proved that heavy and light objects fall at the same rate, and was persecuted during the Inquisition by the Catholic Church for claiming that the earth circles the sun, and is not the center of the Universe.
A Picture Book of George Washington Carver by David A. Adler, illustrated by Dan Brown, Holiday House, NY, 1999
Carver, who was born a slave, overcame many hardships to become a renound agricultural scientist who developed many new uses for important crops such as peanuts.
The Usborne Book of Scientists by Struan Reid and Patricia Fara, designed by Russell Punter, illustrated by Stephen Conlin and Peter Dennis, Usborne Publishing Ltd., London England, 1992
A short history of science from Archimedes to Einstein.
The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin by James Cross Giblin, illustrated by Michael Dooling, Scholastic Press, New York, NY, 2000
The story of the printer who also studied electricity in lightning, and invented an improved stove, bifocal eyeglasses, and went on to be a great government diplomat in the early days of the United States.
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