Juvie Biography: Stargazers & Scientists

I walked on the moon. This is my journey. But it didn't begin when I stepped on board Apollo 11 on July 1, 1969. It began the day I was born. Becoming an astronaut took more than education, discipline, and physical strength. It took years of determination and believing that any goal is possible.

This title introduces readers to Neil Armstrong, the great explorer who was the first person to walk on the moon.

Born free when most blacks were slaves, Banneker was a successful land surveyor, astronomer, and author of almanacs.

Marie Curie, the woman who coined the term radioactivity, won not just one Nobel prize but two - in physics and in chemistry, both supposedly girl-phobic sciences.

DK's acclaimed DK Biography series tackles one of history's most colorful figures in DK Biography: Albert Einstein.

Galileo made the first effective use of the refracting telescope to discover important new facts about astronomy. His observations led him to support Copernicus's claim that Earth and the other planets circled the sun.

The story of the first American to orbit the Earth.

Growing up in the South at a time when discrimination against African Americans was at its peak, Percy Lavon Julian's accomplishments made him one of the greatest chemists of the 20th century.

A biography of the teacher/astronaut who was part of the ill-fated Challenger space shuttle mission that exploded on take-off in January 1986.

This book traces the life of Isaac Newton, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the work on gravity and light for which he is best known.

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, and the founder of a company that helped inspire girls and young women to pursue careers in science and math.

Recounts the life of the scientist whose theories of relativity revolutionized the way we look at space and time

A biography of the astronaut, Michael Collins, who circled the moon in the Apollo 12 space capsule while his colleagues Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module and walked on the moon.

This biography illustrates the accomplishments of a woman who developed a system of classifying stars and who-to this day-holds the record for identifying more stars than anyone else in the world.

Examines the life, discoveries, and contributions of the ancient Greek mathematician who introduced mechanics, mathematical formulas, and experimental science

An introduction to the life and career of the first Hispanic female astronaut.

Where did the universe begin? Are black holes real? You'll get a big bang out of superstar cosmologist Stephen Hawking! His mind-boggling theories about the origins of our universe are out of this world!