Most Popular Books by Jeanne Bendick

Many of the things you know about science began with Archimedes. What was so unusual about a man who spent almost his whole life on one small island, more than two thousand years ago? Many things about Archimedes were unusual. His mind was never still, but was always searching for something that could be added to the sum of things that were known in the world. No fact was unimportant; no problem was dull. Archimedes worked not only in his mind, but he also performed scientific experiments to gain knowledge and prove his ideas.

We know about Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine. But we owe nearly as much to Galen, a physician born in 129 A.D. at the height of the Roman Empire. Galen's acute diagnoses of patients, botanical wisdom, and studies of physiology were recorded in numerous books, handed down through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Not least, Galen passed on the medical tradition of respect for life. In this fascinating biography for young people, Jeanne Bendick brings Galen's Roman world to life with the clarity, humor, and outstanding content we enjoyed in Archimedes and the Door to Science. An excellent addition to the home, school and to libraries. Illustrated by the Author.

Discusses the qualifications and tools needed by explorers--whether they go to the bottom of the sea or look through a microscope.

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Discusses many aspects of astronomy, including early astronomers, origin of the universe, the solar system, stars, galaxies, and UFO's.

A simple introduction to the stars.

Describes simply the process of evolution and how it resulted in the plants and animals of the world today.

Discusses how a television works and the history of its development.

Simple answers to children's questions about comets and meteors. What are they? Where do they come from? Where do they go? Why do they glow?

Simple answers to children's questions about the moon. What is it made of? What does it do? What keeps it up in the sky? Do other planets have a moon? What are rings?

Best-selling author Jeanne Bendick takes us for another informative—and amusing—journey into places and events of long ago. Herodotus and the Road to History, written in the first person, details the investigative journeys of Herodotus—a contemporary of the Old Testament prophet Malachi—as he takes ship from Greece and voyages to the limits of his own ancient world. His persistence, amidst disbelief and ridicule, in the self-appointed task of recording his discoveries as “histories” (the Greek word meaning “inquiry”), means that today we can still follow his expeditions into the wonder and mystery of Syria, Persia, Egypt and the “barbaric” north. Jeanne Bendick's lucid text, humorous illustrations and helpful maps entertain and instruct as they open the way for readers young and old to once again join Herodotus . . . on the road to history.

Math.

A basic introduction to natural phenomena we see when we simply look carefully at the world around us.

Compares and explains weights and measures throughout the world as well as the history of many current standards.

A simple introduction to each of the planets.

An introduction to caves discusses how caves begin; cave decorations, plants, animals, and people that inhabit caves; and famous cave explorers

Describes the sun and looks at its composition, location in the galaxy, influence on the solar system and importance to life on earth.

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Story of a man who had the courage to ask questions.