This fun and informative book tells the fascinating stories of remarkable scientists behind ground-breaking discoveries such as penicillin and DNA. From the fall of Newton's apple, Ada Lovelace's imaginative step into the future of computing, to Stephen Hawking's work exploring the origins of the universe, Science shows a new generation of scientists that the greatest leaps in understanding start by asking the smallest questions.

Autorentext

Francisco Llorca is a historian, bookseller and story teller. He lives in Barcelona where he continues to try and infect his enthusiasm for books on everybody around him.

Klappentext

Following the success of Little People, Big Dreams, the new Small Great Gestures series expands on those books to look at people who made their mark in one key area of life.

Science looks at the inspiring lives and outstanding achievements of twelve scientists from the seventeenth-century to the present day. Peppered with fascinating stories about key discoveries such as penicillin (Alexander Fleming) and DNA (Rosalind Franklin) and groundbreaking figures like Ada Lovelace and Stephen Hawking, this is a wonderful way to learn about major developments which changed the world.

Fun and informative, Small Great Gestures Science provides children with a great introduction to the world of science.