Discoveries and Inventions in Literature for Youth A Guide and Resource Book

This is a great resource for librarians and teachers, offering a rich and varied collection of books and other resources on discoveries and inventions for students in grades K-12. The books selected profile a wide range of inventors and discoverers, from historical to modern day, including scientists of Ancient Greece to Leonardo da Vinci, to Josephine Baker, to Esther Dyson. The fields of energy, the environment, industry, information technology, medicine, science, space, transportation, and weapons and warfare are explained through these books, making this a source for teaching topics of current events Includes: _Lowe, Joy L. is the author of 'Discoveries and Inventions in Literature for Youth A Guide and Resource Book', published 2004 under ISBN 9780810849150 and ISBN 0810849151.