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Ms. Frizzle and her students go to the new science museum to get ideas for their science fair projects, but a cardboard bus display provides Ms.

Contains twenty articles that provide accounts of scientists and discoveries that changed the course of world history, from the invention of gunpowder in 1280, to the landing of the first men on the moon in 1969.

A biography of Leonardo da Vinci focusing on his scientific rather than his artistic work.

Features brief summaries of the lives of famous scientists and of significant contributions to such fields as medicine, mathematics, biology, and physics.

"The Invisible Man (1897) blends comedy and tragedy in its story of a scientist who discovers a way to make himself invisible.

Discusses the theories of ancient Greek philosophers-scientists such as Ptolemy, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, and Aristotle, and describes some of the scientific discoveries attributed to the Greeks and their impact on modern science.

Profiles one hundred scientists from ancient times to the present whose discoveries have changed the world.

Full-color illustrations and photographs introduce readers to the great scientists and their discoveries from ancient history to modern times.

Profiles the lives and achievements of ten American women scientists, including Annie Jump Cannon, Margaret Mead, and Rachel Carson.

Examines the lives and achievements of some of the world's greatest scientists, including Marie Curie, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein.

Profiles eight American scientists who have made important contributions to twentieth-century science, including Thomas Hunt Morgan, Robert Oppenheimer, and Linus Pauling.

Profiles a selection of one hundred scientists of significant influence and accomplishment.

The ingenuity evidenced during the Renaissance was not just limited to the fine arts.

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict the life of seventeenth-century scientist Sir Isaac Newton.

Simple text and photographs depict children engaged in various activities that make up the scientific process.