Written and edited by the "International Sexy Science Study Group" this book aims to introduce science and those scientists who have made major impacts throughout history in a way that will get young people excited about learning. In addition to short bios on major scientists, several different fields of science are represented with "cute figures." For example (left to right) Classical Mechanics, Botany, and Electromagnetism.
Most well-known scientists are represented, including:
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Ben Franklin
In addition to mentioning many other scientists, there is a section examining famous fictional scientists, like Emmett Brown--"Doc" from "Back to the Future," Victor Frankenstein, and Yoda. There is also a section about modern-day scientists who are doing great things in our time, the majority of who, surprisingly, are Japanese, including Kodo Okuyama--the man who "liberated the Japanese people from eyeglasses." (No, he did not invent lasic eye surgery, he studied it in the former Soviet Union and was the first to perform it in Japan...Meanwhile, there is no mention of the actual inventor of the surgery, but obviously he isn't as important as the Japanese guy who copied him.)
All in all, this "encyclopedia" contains just enough information to give one the gist of who each scientist is without boring one with too many pesky dates or details and provides enough eye-candy to keep a young person's attention span long enough to finish reading it. I give it an A+ for ingenuity. Other offerings by the same publisher include:
"Element Girls"--to help you memorize the periodic table
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