On Christmas Day 1642, a farmer's wife gave birth to a baby boy in Lincolnshire, England. Isaac Newton was a sickly child who found it difficult to make friends. When it came to farming, he got into trouble for letting the pigs go astray and the fences fall down. But he was fascinated by inventions, spending his time carving sundials and making kites. No one would have guessed that, when Newton grew up, he would be one the the greatest scientists...

Presents a biography of physicist Albert Einstein.

This photobiography of Albert Einstein publishes to coincide with the year that marks the 100th anniversary of what has been described as Einstein's "miraculous year" and the 50th anniversary of his death. In 1905 Einstein published three important papers describing ideas that changed science forever and eventually had an effect on much of modern life. The most famous of these ideas was his theory of relativity, which took a startling new approach...

A look at the life and times of German-born physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.

"In graphic novel format, tells the story of how Isaac Newton developed the laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of the Hungarian-born Jewish physicist whose work in developing the atomic and hydrogen bombs, as well as the weapons system known as the Stategic Defense Initiative, still generates controversy.

"In the late 1800's, Poland was under the rule of the Russian Czar. Being Polish during this time was anything but easy. Yet, it was during this time that Maria Sklodowska not only completed high school at the age of fifteen, but with the highest honors. She even took a job secretly teaching the outlawed Polish language. She is better known today as Madame Marie Curie, the woman who discovered radioactivity! Marie Curie would go on to be the first...

"Sally Ride was more than the first woman in space--she was a real-life explorer and adventurer whose life story is a true inspiration for all those who dream big. Most people know Sally Ride as the first American female astronaut to travel in space. But in her lifetime she was also a nationally ranked tennis player, a physicist who enjoyed reading Shakespeare, a university professor, the founder of a company that helped inspire girls and young women...

By any measure, Albert Einstein changed the ways we understand--and measure--space and time. At first his ideas were ridiculed, but soon they were idolized. Prior to World War II, Einstein was a celebrated figure in Germany, but when the Nazi Party rose to power in the 1930s, he fled for his life and eventually settled in the United States. [This book] recounts the life of the world's most famous scientist--from his youth in Germany to his final years...