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Recommended Reading:

An imaginative tale of a brother and sister in search of their father who is lost in the fifth dimension.
 * L' Engle, M.- A Wrinkle in Time

Dendy, Leslie & Mel Boring ¡V Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self Experimenters in Science & Medicine From hundreds of examples gathered during a decade of research, the authors offer 10 enthralling case studies of scientists from the past several centuries who became their own test subjects--with occasionally fatal results.

Science The incredible story of the railroad worker who, in 1848, survived the piercing blast of a 13-pound iron rod as it entered below his cheekbone and exited the front of his skull.
 * Fleischman, J. - Phineas Gage: The Gruesome but True Story about Brain

Contains a look at the life and times of Isaac Newton, the seventeenth century scientist who provided an explanation of gravity, from his childhood through his accomplishments in science.
 * Krull, Kathleen ¡V Isaac Newton

Moon. Chronicles the Apollo 11 mission, the spaceflight that landed the first man on Earth's moon on July 20, 1969, emphasizing the contributions and reactions of the thousands of people who made the mission successful.
 * Thimmesh, Catherine - Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the

George's Secret Key to the Universe By Lucy and Stephan Hawking