Sara R. Tompson
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Engineering America: The Life and Times of John A. Roebling
This lengthy biography of a civil engineer who significantly impacted history should engage anyone interested in inventions and engineering.
The Ultimate Engineer: The Remarkable Life of NASA’s Visionary Leader George M. Low
This well-researched book is as much a history of NASA as a biography of George Low, and as such is an important contribution to the history of the agency. Jurek’s detailed book will appeal to both fans and scholars of NASA and of the engineers like Low who make the agency’s spaceflights work.
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Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars
This clearly written and engaging overview of human exploration since our beginnings will capture the imaginations of both YA and adult readers. Highly recommended.
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Waters of the World: The Story of the Scientists Who Unraveled the Mysteries of Our Oceans, Atmosphere, and Ice Sheets and Made the Planet Whole
Characterized by strong storytelling within a scholarly framework, this book will appeal to readers interested in how science is performed and accomplished, and anyone curious about Earth’s changing climate.
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The Number of the Heavens: A History of the Multiverse and the Quest To Understand the Cosmos
This well-written book explores the concept of more than one universe than ours, drawing on the musings of philosophers, astronomers, and physicists from the ancient Greeks, through medieval thinkers such as Nicolaus Copernicus and Max Planck to Albert Einstein and current cosmologists Rocky Kolb and Joe Lykken. It will intrigue YA readers on up.
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The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution
Hockfield’s latest effectively examines some of the exciting research at the convergence of engineering and biology, from living batteries to cancer-fighting nanoparticles, and more. The accessible writing style should have wide appeal to readers of popular science.
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Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past
An engaging read for both teens and adults interested in satellite remote sensing and other technologies as well as archaeology. They will learn some intriguing things about civilizations in the process.
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The Trouble with Gravity: Solving the Mystery Beneath Our Feet
Teen and adult readers interested in better understanding the force of gravity and gaining insight into humanity’s expanding knowledge of the universe will find this highly recommended book to be both accessible and enjoyable.
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Cosmological Koans: A Journey to the Heart of Physical Reality
This intriguing, though dense, account should be of interest to readers interested in a deeper comprehension of the physics of the world in which we live.
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