Spotlight on STEM

Will a head injury change your personality? What makes you a morning person, and your BFF a night person? Which uses more power: your brain or a refrigerator light? How does your brain know a joke is funny? These are just handful of questions this book will answer for you, check it out before you forget!

Mr. Lincoln was certainly no techno-phobe. He embraced the new and innovative, and wasn't afraid to use it to reach his goals. This book provides an overview of the civil war, and the technology involved, using text and reproductions of art, political cartoons, photographs and timelines, giving the reader a real picture of this time period in our nation's history.

What are some of the puzzles that confuse even the most brilliant minds of our time? Why can we only account for 4% of the cosmos? What's the Wow! Signal, and what does it have to do with aliens? Pick this book up, to see if you can solve the mysteries!

Using over 2,000 brilliant illustrations, this book will give you the background you need to understand the basic concepts behind chemistry, physics, biology, and math.

Photographs and illustrations make this detailed summary of the elements very pleasing to the eye, not to mention, informative.

Introduces astronomy and the things it studies through profiles in which the Solar System, the planets, stars, and the Milky Way galaxy introduce themselves.

Charles Darwin and his wife, Emma, were deeply in love and very supportive of each other, but their opinions often clashed. Emma was extremely religious, and Charles questioned God's very existence.

Discusses author and marine biologist Rachel Carson's efforts to protect the environment, from her childhood nature outings through the impact of her 1962 book, "Silent Spring."

Have questions about our planet? From the structure, how it changes and could change, the land, the ocean, the atmosphere, this book covers everything in simple text and gorgeous full color photographs and illustrations.

This book describes the events in our Earth's timeline that led to the extinction of various species, examining each species in depth, and discussing what we can do to reverse this most devastating trend.

Stop ripping your hair out over your math homework! Pick this book up to come to terms with topics like fractions, decimals, percents, and word problems, all explained in language you can actually understand.

Readers submit questions to "New Scientist," magazine to get answers. Here's a collection of those questions and answers, covering topics such as why your nuckles make that satisfying sound when you crack them, why your eyes water when you cut an onion, and many more.

After learning some of the basics of fingerprint analysis, you will read about true crimes that were solved by a forensic technique involving fingerprint analysis. Then you can do an experiment and test your crime-solving skills using a similar technique.

A history of rockets and rocket science, from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to the development of nuclear spacecraft and rockets that sail on the solar winds.

Breaks down topics like cells, proteins, DNA, and genetics in a format you're familiar with and love: Manga!

Use your brain to improve your game, check this out to learn the science behind the greats of hockey, football, soccer, golf, and more.