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1996, Juvenile, Facts on File Call No: 973 .0496 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores ten locations that have had significant impact on the African-American experience.
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-- Satellites2001., Pre-adolescent, Franklin Watts Call No: 629.46 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Out of this worldSummary Note: Describes the wide array of different types of satellites that have been placed in orbit since the launching of Sputnik I in 1957 and the varied functions they perform, from communications and weather forecasting to astronomy and spy tasks.
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2004., Juvenile, Greenwood Publishing Group Call No: 921 SAGAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Greenwood biographies,Summary Note: Presents a biography on twentieth-century American scientist and astronomer Carl Sagan and explores his work on planetary explorations and other scientific breakthroughs credited to him.
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c2005, Juvenile, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark Call No: 323 .0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Open for debate
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2000., Enslow Publishers Call No: 364.151 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Issues in focusSummary Note: Examines genocide around the world, including Germany, Rwanda, Bosnia and Kosovo.
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c2002, Enslow Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Artist biographiesSummary Note: Examines the life and work of the American realist painter, describing and giving examples of his art.
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c2004, Benchmark Books Call No: 660.6 5 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Open for debateSummary Note: Discusses the use of genetic engineering in plants and animals, and the hopes spurred by the mapping of human DNA by the Human Genome Project as well as the controversy over using stem cells for disease research.
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2000., Pre-adolescent, Franklin Watts Call No: 629.4 0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Out of this worldSummary Note: Surveys the history of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, describing the major spacecraft and missions launched.
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c2000., Franklin Watts Call No: 629.40973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Out of this worldSummary Note: Surveys the history of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, describing the major space craft and missions launched.
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1994., Facts on File Call No: 509 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: On the shoulders of giantsSummary Note: Chronicles late nineteenth- to mid-twentieth century developments in the physical and life sciences, such as the theory of relativity, splitting the atom, and genetic research, showing how great scientists' work has built upon those that came before them, and includes a chronology, glossary, and annotated further reading list.
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1994., Facts on File Call No: 509 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: On the shoulders of giantsSummary Note: Chronicles developments in the physical and life sciences in the latter half of the twentieth century, such as space exploration, DNA, and genetic engineering, showing how great scientists' research has built upon those that came before them, and includes a chronology, glossary, and annotated further reading list.
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1993., Facts on File Call No: 509 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: On the shoulders of giantsSummary Note: Surveys the early history of science, discussing the philosophical underpinnings developed by Greek thinkers, continuing through the developments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and concluding with the discoveries of the seventeenth century.
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1993., Facts on File Call No: 509 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: On the shoulders of giantsSummary Note: Chronicles eighteenth-century developments in the physical and life sciences, showing how great scientists' research has built upon those that came before them, and includes a chronology, glossary, and annotated further reading list.
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1994., Facts on File Call No: 509 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: On the shoulders of giantsSummary Note: Examines the role of science in the Industrial Revolution, its establishment as a popular discipline, and discoveries in the areas of atoms and the elements, chemistry, evolution, and energy.
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2002., Pre-adolescent, Franklin Watts Call No: 522 .2919 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Out of this worldSummary Note: Details the initiation of the Hubble Space Telescope in April 1990 and the repair and servicing missions which followed; explains the telescope's role in answering questions about the universe.
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2000., Pre-adolescent, Franklin Watts Call No: 523.44 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Out of this worldSummary Note: Examines the origins of asteroids, their effects on hitting the Earth in the past and the present, and many of the asteroids in the solar system.
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2003., Pre-adolescent, Franklin Watts Call No: 523.8 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Out of this worldSummary Note: A comprehensive look at stars and their "life cycle," from human's earliest observations of the constellations to recent discoveries about black holes and future space missions to study our sun and other stars.
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2002., Pre-adolescent, Franklin Watts Call No: 576.8 39 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Out of this worldSummary Note: Defines life from a scientific perspective, discusses where and how life developed, and the possibilities of life on other planets both inside and outside of our solar system.
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-- Comets2003., Pre-adolescent, Franklin Watts Call No: 523.6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Out of this worldSummary Note: A comprehensive look at comets, from man's earliest observations of "hairy stars," to recent sightings of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Halle-Bopp, to future space missions to study comets in the outer solar system.
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-- Mars2000., Pre-adolescent, Franklin Watts Call No: 523.43 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Out of this worldSummary Note: Discusses the history of human ideas about Mars, its geology and moons, missions to the Red Planet, and the possibility of life on Mars.
