Provides biographical profiles of five Hispanic American scientists of this century, including Carlos Ramierez, Ellen Ochoa, Eloy Rodriguez, Lydia Villa-Komaroff, and Maria Elena Zavala.
Presents five brief biographies of Native Americans who have pursued careers in various scientific fields, including Wilfred Denetclaw Jr., Frank Dukepoo, Fred Begay, Clifton Poodry, and Jerrel Yakel.
Discusses the lives and accomplishments of five twentieth-century women who traveled and explored the oceans of the world, some of whom also studied marine life.
Describes the lives and accomplishments of five African-American astronauts including Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Frederick D. Gregory, Bernard A. Harris, Jr., and Mae C. Jemison.
Provides biographical profiles of five African American inventors including Lonnie Johnson, Frederick McKinley Jones, Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Elijah McCoy, and Garrett Augustus Morgan.
Discusses the lives and accomplishments of five women who traveled and explored the mountainous regions of the world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Provides biographical profiles of five African American inventors including Patricia Bath, Philip Emeagwali, Henry Sampson, Valerie Thomas, and Peter Tolliver.