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Famed for his supposed encounter with a falling apple that inspired his theory of gravity, Isaac Newton (1642-1727) grew from a quiet and curious boy into one of the most influential scientists of all time. Newton's Rainbow tells the story of young Isaac-always reading, questioning, observing, and inventing-and how he eventually made his way to Cambridge University, where he studied the work of earlier scientists and began building on their ac...

When the influenza epidemic strikes Minnesota in 1918, Marven's parents send their son far away from the danger of the disease. But a logging camp in the great north woods? A true story of a Jewish boy and a bearish lumberjack . . . and how they became friends under the most unusual circumstances. Full-color.

Lasky pens this colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference.