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  • Published: 18 October 2018
  • ISBN: 9781683690740
  • Imprint: Quirk Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $26.99

Kid Scientists

True Tales of Childhood from Science Superstars




From the author who brought young readers KID ATHLETES, KID PRESIDENTS, KID ARTISTS, and KID AUTHORS comes KID SCIENTISTS, a lively look into the childhoods of the world's most brilliant scientists.

Funny and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell tales from the challenging yet defining growing-up years of Albert Einstein, Jane Goodall, Marie Curie, and 12 other brilliant scientists.

Every great scientist started out as a kid. Before their experiments, inventions, and discoveries that changed the world, the world's most celebrated scientists had regular-kid problems just like you.

  • Stephen Hawking hated school, and preferred to spend his free time building model airplanes, inventing board games, and even building his own computer. 
  • Jane Goodall got in trouble for bringing worms and snails into her house. 
  • And Neil deGrasse Tyson had to start a dog-walking business to save up money to buy a telescope. 

Kid Scientists tells the stories of a diverse and inclusive group—also including Temple Grandin, Nikola Tesla, Ada Lovelace, Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton, Rosalind Franklin, Sally Ride, Rachel Carson, George Washington Carver, and Vera Rubin—through kid-friendly texts and full-color cartoon illustrations on nearly every page.
  • Published: 18 October 2018
  • ISBN: 9781683690740
  • Imprint: Quirk Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $26.99

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