Retrace the steps of notable scientists and their important contributions to science! This set of 14 books feature biographies of women contributed by Sally Ride Science and is perfect for students in grades 6-8. Each book features easy-to-read layouts, high-interest nonfiction text, hands-on lab activity, supporting graphics, highlighted content-area vocabulary, sidebars, photographs, graphs, glossary, and index. Reader titles include Rachel Carson: Nature's Guardian, George Washington Carver: Agriculture Pioneer, Marie Curie: Pioneering Physicist, Thomas Edison and the Pioneers of Electromagnetism, Albert Einstein: Gentle Genius, Making It Go: The Life and Work of Robert Fulton, Jane Goodall: Animal Scientist and Friend, Hippocrates: Making the Way for Medicine, Antoine Lavoisier: Founder of Modern Chemistry, Gregor Mendel: Genetics Pioneer, Isaac Newton and the Laws of the Universe, Louis Pasteur and the Fight Against Germs, Max Planck: Uncovering the World of Matter, and Alfred Wegener: Uncovering Plate Tectonics. 32 pages each.