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Da Vinci Da Vinci Mike Venezia Traces the life of the Renaissance artist and analyses some of his paintings. OL106281W
Engineering your retirement Engineering your retirement John Michael Golio A practical retirement planning resource for engineers, scientists, and mathematicians In 1995, Dr. Mike Golio, an electrical engineer, became seriously interested in planning for early retirement… OL12421954W
David Suzuki David Suzuki Terry Barber David Suzuki has become a household name in Canada and much of North America. He has spent the past 40 years educating the public about environmental issues, both in the classroom and over the airwav… OL12760682W
A landing on the sun A landing on the sun Michael Frayn Unusual, captivating. A few books I speed read sometimes but not this one. Devoured every single word. Winner of Sunday Express Book of the Year 1991 OL13380W
Mad scientists, weird doctors, & time travelers in movies, TV, & books Mad scientists, weird doctors, & time travelers in movies, TV, & books Seymour Simon Surveys creatures with strange powers, including those mysteriously transformed humans, that have appeared in books, movies, and television. OL14913935W
Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Stuart A. Kallen A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States. OL15041956W
Jane Goodall Jane Goodall Katherine E. Krohn In graphic novel format, tells the life story of animal scientist Jane Goodall. OL15049160W
Alexander von Humboldt Alexander von Humboldt Federico Focher A biography of the German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, containing excerpts of his writings and letters. OL15087059W
Servants of the map Servants of the map Andrea Barrett "Ranging across two centuries, and from the western Himalaya to an Adirondack village, these stories and novellas travel the territories of yearning and awakening, of loss and unexpected discovery. A… OL15151772W
Great ideas of science Great ideas of science Isaac Asimov Discusses the background of thought leading to the revolutionary scientific discoveries of such scientists as Darwin, Pythagoras, Newton, and Galileo. OL15330848W
The scientists behind medical advances The scientists behind medical advances Eve Hartman Looks at some important doctors and medical scientists, historical and modern and from a range of cultures. OL15571694W
The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle (Horatio Lyle #1) The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle (Horatio Lyle #1) Catherine Webb In Victorian London at the height of the industrial revolution, Horatio Lyle is a former Special Constable with a passion for science and invention. He's also an occasional, but reluctant, sleuth. Th… OL1587566W
A polar bear biologist at work A polar bear biologist at work Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Describes the work of Charles Jonkel, a biologist who studied polar bears in the Arctic and primarily in Churchill, Manitoba. OL16049918W
Bomb Bomb Steve Sheinkin In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific rac… OL16216256W
Electric Ben Electric Ben Robert Byrd Grades K to 3. OL16416006W
Prize fight Prize fight Morton A. Meyers "We often think of scientists as dispassionate and detached, nobly laboring without any expectation of reward. But scientific research is much more complicated and messy than this ideal, and scientis… OL16442259W
La scienza e Dio La scienza e Dio Michał Heller Nell’orizzonte della cultura contemporanea le scienze sperimentali e la teologia sembrano destinate a non incontrarsi: da più parti, anzi, si afferma che i loro percorsi dovrebbero restare rigorosame… OL16666194W
Sir Joseph Banks Sir Joseph Banks Charles Lyte First botanist to make comprehensive collection of flora and fauna in Newfoundland and Labrador. Also sailed round the world with Captain Cook and travelled extensively in Iceland and Great Britain. OL1739479W
Prisoner of time Prisoner of time Lauran Paine When Lucy Grantham chose to marry Reggie Denby, she little realized that the suitor she rejected, Bryce Fairfield, had decided to kill her. If he could not have Lucy, then no one would! Bryce, a bril… OL17910795W
Medical technology Medical technology Lisa Yount Identifies specific scientists and their contributions to some of the major advances in technology that have transformed surgery and medicine in the past two hundred years. OL1842658W
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