Central Kansas Library System

The first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. Biographer Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk--a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate--became the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional...

In simple text, presents the three states of matter, solid, liquid, and gas, and describes their attributes.

An illustrated introduction to the field of physics.

"In powerful, formally inventive essays, The Visible Unseen disrupts the purported cultural divide between arts and science. As both a chemist and an award-winning author, Chapela zeros in on the literary metaphors buried in the facts and figures of her scientific observations. Through questioning scientific conundrums that lie beyond the limits of human perception, she winds up putting herself under the microscope as well. While considering the technical...

"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce young readers to the physics principles responsible for a trampoline's behavior. Includes infographics, an experiment, glossary, and index."--

"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce young readers to the physics principles that keep paper airplanes aloft. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--

Ms. Frizzles' class spends a night in the sound museum.

"A biography of Marie Curie, the physicist and chemist who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize."--