Chemistry

A young listeners edition of the New York Times best seller The Disappearing Spoon, chronicling the extraordinary stories behind one of the greatest scientific tools in existence: the periodic table....

Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics....

Before Isaac Newton became the father of physics or a leader of the scientific revolution, he was a boy living in an apothecary's house, observing and experimenting....

You are made of stardust. It is incredible, but true! Everything you can see, touch, and smell is made of stardust, too - mind-bogglingly tiny things called "atoms" that stick together in millions of different ways like a big Lego set....

Listeners will emerge from this account with a new appreciation for both the scientific and social advances made by Curie, whose towering achievements justly earn her a place among the "Giants"....

Rosalind Franklin loved science, but when she was young, there weren’t many woman scientists. Still, she persisted in pursuing her dreams, becoming a scientist and playing a key role in the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA (what we’re all made up of)....

Want to learn all about the pH scale, acids, bases, and chemical indicators? This audiobook will make it very easy for you! You'll learn all about acids and bases, names and formulas of common compounds, what their pH would be, and all about names of indicators and their colors....

Would you love to show off your knowledge to your family, friends, and teachers? Do you have plenty of time commuting or on a field trip? Want to learn on the go? Here's several hours of chemistry knowledge about the uses of elements and chemicals....

Science - and chemistry, in particular - is the key to understanding the world, and it’s every bit as important as learning to read and balance numbers. So, how can you engage your kids and help them understand the world better? The answer is simple: by making it fun....

How does oil turn into fuel for cars and trucks? Follow each step in the production cycle - from clearing land to filling a tank with gas - in this fascinating book....

Sugar and salt look a lot alike. Kids will learn that the reason sugar and salt look the same but taste very differently is that they are made up of different elements....

Could window panes be made out of wood? Or a shirt out of glass? Go on a treasure hunt with Ms. Sampson's class as they search for different kinds of materials - cloth, rock, glass, metal, and more....

Kids will learn that scientists call the smallest part of anything an atom. Anything you see at all in the world that takes up space is made up of atoms....

Chemists are kind of like detectives. They do a lot of research and conduct experiments to find out new information. If an idea has not been proven yet, a chemist will need to make an educated guess called a hypothesis....

Chemists do a variety of different things depending on what they are interested in. Some chemists conduct experiments to discover new medicines to help fight diseases. Other chemists research new ways to help our environment....