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The Leakeys: Uncovering the Origins of Humankind
Margaret Poynter
Paperback (Enslow Pub Inc, Jan. 1, 2001)Profiles the lives of Louis and Mary Leakey and their dedication to the study of human evolution.
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The Great Philosopher: Plato and His Pursuit of Knowledge
Mary Gow
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Oct. 1, 2010)Plato, author of the REPUBLIC, is one of the most famous philosophers of all time. Plato explored an astounding range of topics. In his writing he investigated political theory, virtue, language, art, love, mathematics, religion, and more. Though Plato is perhaps best known for other areas of knowledge, he did make important contributions to the long process that built modern science. Even today, in works like the REPUBLIC, Plato leads us to examine what we think we know.
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Marie Curie: Discoverer of Radium
Margaret Poynter
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, March 1, 2007)Traces the life and work of the Polish-born scientist whose study of radioactivity lead to her receiving two Nobel Prizes.
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Charles Darwin: Naturalist
Margaret J. Anderson
Hardcover (Enslow Publishers, Jan. 16, 2001)None
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The Greatest Mathematician: Archimedes and His Eureka! Moment
Paul Hightower
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Sept. 1, 2009)These full-color biographies chronicle the lives and important contributions of great scientists and mathematicians from across the ancient world, with each book providing several hands-on activities and experiments.
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The Father of Anatomy: Galen and His Dissections
Lisa Yount
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, June 1, 2009)Highlights the life and achievements of the ancient Greek physician whose dissections of animals led to discoveries about human anatomy, and who was the authority on medical knowledge in the Western world for many centuries.
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The Greatest Doctor of Ancient Times: Hippocrates and His Oath
Mary Gow
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Sept. 1, 2009)These full-color biographies chronicle the lives and important contributions of great scientists and mathematicians from across the ancient world, with each book providing several hands-on activities and experiments.
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The Father of Geometry: Euclid and His 3-D World
Paul Hightower
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Sept. 1, 2010)As we know so little about the man named Euclid, our best understanding of him is through his work. By studying his books of the ELEMENTS and their concepts, we can discover a little about how Euclid thought. We may never know if Euclid had any descendants but we do know his legacy of the ELEMENTS and its value to mathematics.
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The Great Thinker: Aristotle and the Foundations of Science
Mary Gow
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Oct. 1, 2010)Aristotle's work was groundbreaking in many areas. Even when he was not the first person to consider certain studies, he was the first to write about several of them. Aristotle’s contributions to the development of Greek and later science were monumental. He advanced factual knowledge about fields like biology and zoology. He framed questions and suggested approaches that were built upon for centuries afterward.
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The Big Bang
Paul Fleisher
Library Binding (Twenty First Century Books, July 15, 2005)Explains how scientists' observations of the stars led to the development of the big bang theory, a theory of how our universe was formed.
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Genetics
Rebecca L. Johnson
Library Binding (Twenty-First Century Books, July 15, 2005)Explores the history, breakthroughs, and possibilities of the field of genetics, from the work of Gregor Mendel to the discovery of DNA, including information on DNA fingerprinting and gene therapy.
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Atomic Structure
Rebecca L. Johnson
Library Binding (Twenty-First Century Books, Aug. 1, 2007)Explains atomic structure and the history of atomic theory, discussing electrons, radioactivity, neutrons, quarks and other particles, and the Standard Model.