-
-
-
-- Aprille Ericsson[2015], Pre-adolescent, Lerner Publications Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: STEM trailblazer biosSummary Note: A look at the life and work of aerospace engineer Aprille Ericsson.
-
-
-
[2015]., Lerner Publications Call No: B ERI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: STEM trailblazer biosSummary Note: Ericsson was one of the few girls in her middle school who loved math and science. Years later, she became the first woman to receive a PhD in mechanical engineering from Howard University. At NASA, she's helped build spacecraft that can map the moon, monitor climate change, or even bring soil and rocks back from Mars. Learn how Ericsson's passion for science has helped her pave the way for future engineers.
-
-
-
c2004., Juvenile, Mitchell Lane Publishers Call No: 001.4 4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Great achievement awardsSummary Note: A biography of the reclusive inventor of dynamite and the story of how he came to establish the prestigious prizes that bear his name.
-
-
-
2004., Pre-adolescent, Franklin Watts Call No: B NOB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great life storiesSummary Note: Discusses the life and work of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor who developed dynamite and instituted the Nobel Prize.
-
-
-
-- Man behind the Peace Prizec2009., Juvenile, Sleeping Bear Press Call No: Biography NOBEL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Alfred Nobel who founded the Nobel prizes for achievements in science, medicine, literature, and peace. Describes how Nobel invented dynamite to advance road and bridge construction. After he saw his invention used to advance military weaponry, Nobel decided to leave a different type of legacy.
-
-
Ã2020., Little, Brown and Co. Call No: BIOGRAPHY NF MON Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Explores the critical steps taken toward building a successful nuclear bomb and the female scientists who grappled with the destructive aftermath of their own creation, all while striving to be recognized for their work"--Provided by publisher.
-
-
2020., Little, Brown and Co. Call No: MEMOIR NF MON Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Explores the critical steps taken toward building a successful nuclear bomb and the female scientists who grappled with the destructive aftermath of their own creation, all while striving to be recognized for their work"--Provided by publisher.
-
-
-
2020., Little, Brown and Company Call No: 355.8 2511909252 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
-
-
By Orr, Tamra2018., Juvenile, Purple Toad Publishing Call No: B NYE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: A Beacon biographySummary Note: Highlights the life and unlikely career of Bill Nye who went from mechanical engineer to stand-up comic to "Bill Nye the Science Guy." Includes a chronology, resources for further information, a glossary, and color photographs.
-
-
[2012]., Primary, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: PICTURE NF KAM Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author details how he ignored naysayers and was able to bring electricity and running water to his Malawian village when he built a makeshift windmill out of scrap metal and spare parts.
-
-
2015., Pre-adolescent, PUFFIN BOOKS Call No: HI-INT B KAM Edition: Young readers edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
-
-
-
c2012., Primary, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: Easy KAMKWAMBA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author details how he ignored naysayers and was able to bring electricity and running water to his Malawian village when he built a makeshift windmill out of scrap metal and spare parts.
-
-
-
2015., Juvenile, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: B KAMKWAMBA Edition: Young readers edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When a severe drought descended on his Malawi village, 14-year-old William Kamkwamba felt helpless. His family was already so poor that the couldn't afford to send him to school, and barely had enough food to eat, living on insects and a mouthful of rationed food per day. It was not long, however, before William came up with an idea -- he decided to build a windmill to draw water for irrigation. .
-
-
-
c2012., Penguin Group (USA) Call No: 621.4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library . . . and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind.
-
-
-
[2015]., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Call No: ENVIRONMENT NF KAM Edition: Young readers ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: African teenager William Kamkwamba explored science books in his village library when he was forced to drop out of school, and was able to change his family's life by creating a windmill to pump water for his family's farm.
-
-
-
[2012], Juvenile, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: B KAM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Simple text and pictures tell the true story of how fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba of Malawi taught himself English so that he could read science books and learn how to build a windmill, giving electricity and a means for transporting water to his people.
-
-
-
c2012., Juvenile, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: 621.4 53096897 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The story of William Kamkwamba, who in 2001, at the age of fourteen, taught himself to build a windmill and bring electricity , and a future, to his Malawi village during a period of drought and famine.
-
-
-
[2015]., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc Call No: B Edition: Young readers editi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When William, a Malawian teen, began building a windmill from junk - and claimed the machine would generate electricity - everyone in his village thought he was crazy.
-
-
-
c1980., Troll Associates Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Folk tales of AmericaSummary Note: A biography of Casey Jones, the engineer who always brought his train in on time.
-
-
-
c2004., Juvenile, Compass Point Books Call No: 923 .8 73 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: The imagination series.Summary Note: Presents the life story of John Luther Jones, an American railroad engineer whose death was celebrated in the ballad Casey Jones, which made him a folk hero.