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"This inspiring chapter book biography chronicles the extraordinary life of Rosalind Franklin, a scientist who played a key role in the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA"--

An environmental war breaks out in Florida between sports fishermen and commercial fishermen who are despoiling the waters. With friends in both camps Doc Ford, a government agent turned marine biologist, prefers to stay neutral. But a man's death in the explosion of a jetty brings him into it all the same. By the author of The Man Who Invented Florida.

Profiles Rachel Carlson, who fought against the use of DDT and other dangerous pesticides.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the American biologist, whose influential work, "The Silent Spring," inspired worldwide conservation movements.

Famous for his radical new vision of Darwinism, Richard Dawkins paints a colorful, richly textured canvas of his early life from innocent child to charismatic world-famous scientist.

As a child, Rachel Carson lived by the rhythms of the natural world. Spring after spring, year after year, she observed how all living things are connected. And as an adult, Rachel watched and listened as the natural world she loved so much began to fall silent. Spring After Spring traces Rachel's journey as scientist and writer, courageously speaking truth to an often hostile world through her book, and ultimately paving the way for the modern environmental...

"The inspiring tale of a seamstress-turned-scientist who invented the world's first aquarium at a time when women in STEM were startlingly rare"--Provided by publisher.

A molecular biologist studying the human eye makes a discovery that has profound implications for beliefs about science and spirituality.