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science and technology

Books about science and technology for readers of all ages.

Cover of Little Professor and his robot factory

Little Professor and his robot factory

Marianne Parry

Ages 5–9inventioncreativity

Cover of Tom Swift and his Electronic Retroscope

Tom Swift and his Electronic Retroscope

Victor Appleton II, James Duncan Lawrence

Ages 8–14invention and ingenuityadventure

Cover of The Clone Conspiracy

The Clone Conspiracy

Simon Rose

Ages 10–14science and technologyidentity

Cover of Hollowgirl

Hollowgirl

Sean Williams

Ages 13–18identitycloning

Cover of Replication

Replication

Jill Williamson

Ages 13–18identityethics

Cover of Brain powered

Brain powered

Yoshiyuki Tomino, Aya Matsunaga, Ross Richie

Ages 10–16science and technologyenvironmental crisis

Cover of Rockets and spaceships

Rockets and spaceships

Karen Wallace

Ages 5–9space explorationscience and technology

Cover of This is Ant-Man

This is Ant-Man

Chris Wyatt

Ages 5–10superheroescourage

Cover of Brain powered

Brain powered

Yoshiyuki Tomino, Aya Matsunaga, Ross Richie

Ages 10–16science and technologycourage

Cover of Astrotwins

Astrotwins

Mark E. Kelly

Ages 8–12twinsadventure

Cover of Shooting stars

Shooting stars

Christopher Watson

Ages 9–14space explorationadventure

Cover of Sunrise on Mercury, and other science fiction stories

Sunrise on Mercury, and other science fiction stories

Robert Silverberg

Ages 10–15space explorationimagination

Cover of Geeks, girls, and secret identities

Geeks, girls, and secret identities

Mike Jung

Ages 9–13friendshipself-discovery

Cover of Zoonauts

Zoonauts

Mueller, Richard, Richard Mueller, David Simons, Sheldon Lee Gosline

Ages 9–12adventureanimals

Cover of Bounders

Bounders

Monica Tesler

Ages 9–14friendshipcourage

Cover of Kipton and the Ovoid (Kipton , Vol 2)

Kipton and the Ovoid (Kipton , Vol 2)

Charles L. Fontenay, L. Charles Fontenay

Ages 9–12explorationdiscovery

Cover of The Flinkwater factor

The Flinkwater factor

Pete Hautman

Ages 10–15science and technologyfamily

Cover of Aquila

Aquila

Andrew Norriss

Ages 10–15adventurediscovery

Cover of The Mesmer menace

The Mesmer menace

K. R. Hamilton

Ages 8–12science and technologyhumor

Cover of Space technology

Space technology

Linda Bruce, Linda Bruce

Ages 9–12space explorationscience and technology

Cover of DNA Databases

DNA Databases

Stefan Kiesbye

Ages 10–16science and technologylaw and justice

Cover of Biological, nuclear, and chemical weapons

Biological, nuclear, and chemical weapons

David Baker

Ages 10–16science and technologyglobal security

Cover of Countdown to Space Series

Countdown to Space Series

Michael D. Cole

Ages 9–12space explorationscience and technology

Cover of Technology Today and Tomorrow

Technology Today and Tomorrow

Ages 14–18innovationscience and technology