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How did two brilliant engineers make the breakthrough that led to a digital revolution? This fascinating dual biography tells the story of Jack Kilby, Robert Noyce, and the invention of the microchip. “Topical material, smartly presented” (Kirkus Reviews starred review).

NASA astronaut Julie Starr knows nothing is earned without blood, sweat, and frizzy hair. Recently returned from orbit, Jules is…

NASA Flight Surgeon Dr. Rebecca Sato has earned her dream job. Now she’s ready to explore the next frontier… having…

NASA engineer Dr. Jackie Darling Lee is a genius about many things… the male species is not one of them…

From the longest-serving Flight Director in NASA’s history comes a revealing account of high-stakes Mission Control work and the Space…

An AudioFile Best Audiobook of 2020The first in-depth biography of the legendary singer and “Voice of the Civil Rights Movement,”…

A luminous companion to the phenomenal bestseller Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of…

An action-packed space opera! Fighter pilot Jim’s life is turned upside-down when his friend Kurt whisks him away to fight for the human race in an intergalactic war against an alien fleet. But can their rag-tag team save the planet and everyone on it?

LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER • An MIT astrophysicist reinvents herself in the wake of tragedy and discovers the…

‘Terrific and enthralling’ New Scientist Fifty years ago, in July 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land…