French-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave Chanute designed Americas two largest stockyards, created innovative and influential structures such as the Kansas City Bridge over the previously "unbridgeable" Missouri River, and was a passionate aviation pioneer whose collaborative approach to aeronautical engineering problems helped the ......
The heart-wrenching and adventure-filled stories of a South African wild animal vet and his colleagues
When do you watch a wild animal suffer and let nature take its course, and when do you intervene? In his more than twenty-five years as an African vet, Dr. Roy Aronson has seen and done some ......
The first in-depth look at an influential engineer and aviation pioneerFrench-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave Chanute designed America's two largest stockyards, created innovative and influential structures such as the Kansas City Bridge over the previously ''unbridgeable'' Missouri River, and was a passionate aviation pioneer whose ......
During the course of history, many scientists around the world have led the way in developing medical and technological breakthroughs; learn more about their achievements with this jam-packed, 3-panel guide. A comprehensive list of notable scientific figures is featured, along with detailed explanations of what each accomplished in his/her ......
Separating man from genius, Einstein offers a startling new portrait of the iconic physicist. Wild-haired eccentric, revolutionary scientist, peace activist, Albert Einstein is well established in the popular imagination. He is celebrated for his contributions to our understanding of the cosmos, and his personal lifeparticularly his ......
Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth (February 12, 2009), this compact biography reveals the great scientist as husband, father, and friend. Tim M. Berra, whose ''Darwin the Man'' lectures are in high demand worldwide, tells the fascinating story of the person and the idea that changed everything. Berra ......
As Louise Brown - the first baby conceived by in vitro fertilization - celebrates her 30th birthday in 2008, Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner tell the fascinating story of the man who first showed that human in vitro fertilization was possible. John Rock spent his career studying human reproduction. The first researcher to fertilize a human egg in ......
A biography that examines Carl Sagan's steady growth as a man, as a scientist, and as a scientist and as a communicator - a man who had both odd quirks and great charisma, who had an immensely eclectic knowledge base and a unique understanding of the central place of science in the human experience.
