Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Science & Technology

Climb on board, buckle up your seatbelt, and zoom off on a journey of discovery. Find out who spins the Wheel of Fortune, about wheels that whiz you around at fairgrounds, how to ride downhill on a high-wheel bicycle, why wheels can help you decorate your bedroom...Discover how wheels make the wo...

"Read about 10 inventors and their inventions that stemmed from a mistake. Making mistakes doesn't mean you failed . . . it means you made something totally new!"--Provided by publisher.

This book tells the story of the Apollo Missions, when incredible intelligence, engineering and bravery allowed humans to stand on the surface of something other than Earth for the very first time. From the 1969 first moon landing to the amazing rescue of Apollo 13, each chapter tells the story o...

"Explains how clouds and fog form and visits some of the foggiest places in the world, including Grand Banks, Newfoundland, Canada; San Francisco, California, United States; Atacama Desert, Northern Chile and Southern Peru; and Namib Desert, Namibia."

A time-tunnel trip that shows how some of history's greatest makers, creators, and ideas helped to shape the world of today. Who invented the car, different types of vaccinations, the light bulb or the microwave? The things we are surrounded by didn't just appear out of nowhere, they were conceiv...

"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 ...