Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Science & Technology

"Born in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous sc...

Why Can't I Feel the Earth Spinning? is an irreverent and informative introduction to tricky questions about science. How do we know what dinosaurs looked like? Why does medicine taste so bad? Why don't airplanes fall down? Why Can't I Feel the Earth Spinning? encourages children to start asking ...

A First Look at Asthma is a gentle introduction to what asthma is, what the symptoms are and what can be done to control it. It's for children who have asthma or who want to understand about other people who have it.

This revised edition of DK's science encyclopaedia answers children's biggest questions about scientific exploration, covering forces and energy, materials, the human body, the living world, and our planet.

"Many architects today are looking to plants and animals to help solve their design challenges. Inspired by how nature already works, these architects are coming up with innovative ways to cool buildings, withstand earthquakes and save energy. In Wild Buildings and Bridges, bestselling author Ett...

"This book is an update to a title published in 2007. Mount St. Helens is constantly erupting. It is pushing up a ridge of thick lava that is rebuilding the peak of the mountain that was blown off in 1980. The mountain is being monitored by geologists and volcanologists, all trying to answer the ...

Take a peek inside the mysterious world of living things! Learn alongside the inspirational women who've changed the world with their scientific discoveries. This fun story of biology is a perfect place for young scientists to start their own journeys of discovery and wonder.

If we saw ourselves as belonging to the Earth rather than standing apart from it, what would Earth look like? A wonder filled place? A place we want to protect now and forever? Welcome to Wonder Earth. The Earth has so much to share if only we stop, listen and wonder. Starting with the sun that g...

Wonders of the Night Sky invites children all over the world to look up - just as curious people before them have done for millennia - and to know why each wonder appears before their eyes. This beautiful book connects readers to the many parts of our Universe visible to the naked eye against the...