Children’s Books: Science vs. What Scientists Do
What does this even mean? Scientists do science, right? But what is doing science? To a field biologist, that might mean observing insects, or mammals, in their natural environment. To a particle physicist, that might mean working in a supercollider! And everything in between. However, most kids don’t know what any of that looks like. Even if they read science books, and my investigations suggest they do read science books, most of those books talk about what scientists found, not about how they found it.
What Scientists do
Scientists in action!
Children’s Books Showing What Scientists Do
Check this page soon. Our first book is ready to send to publishers, and we hope to have it published in 2026. See how a young girl of the future learns how famous cytologist and Nobel prize winner Dr. Barbara McClintock worked.
Our second book, still in progress, will be all about the science work behind the discovery of the H. Pylori bacterial cause of ulcers.