Extreme Scientists: Exploring Nature's Mysteries from Perilous Places (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780544250031)

"Kids who need convincing that science isn't all white coats and test tubes will have their eyes opened here." --The Bulletin

Scientists in the Field to the extreme! When Paul Flaherty goes to work, he climbs into a four-engine WP-3D Orion turboprop plane and heads directly into the eye of a hurricane. Miles below, Hazel Barton's job in microbiology takes her to the depths of the world's most treacherous caves. And on the other side of the topsoil, way, way above the forest floor, Stephen Sillett passes his days (and sometimes his nights) in the canopies of the tallest trees on earth. Welcome to the work--and worlds--of extreme scientists.

Author: Donna M. Jackson
ISBN-10: 0544250036
ISBN-13: 9780544250031
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2014
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.12h x 10.99w x 0.23d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.6
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 129823 / Extreme Scientists: Exploring Nature's Mysteries from Perilous Places

About the Author
Donna M. Jackson is an award-winning author of nonfiction books for children and holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder. When she's not writing about scientists in the field, Donna enjoys reading, skiing, gardening, hiking in the mountains, and spending time with her family. She lives in Colorado. Learn more about Donna at her website: www.donnamjackson.net.