KDL Recommends

At age 5, Baker lost his father, and he and his siblings were raised by his strong-willed mother. Despite the hardships of the Depression, Baker’s mother was determined her children would succeed.

From Science Books and Films, “…a must read for anyone interested in an authoritative account of this critical period in space flight development.”

The author recounts how he and his brother, then teenagers, piloted a plane across the U.S., and how the landmark flight drew them closer to each other and to their father, a stunt flyer.

A swift, exciting history of the race to the moon, from Sputnik to “ The Eagle Has Landed.”

A guide to planning science fairs, start to finish.

Simple science fair projects aimed at helping young students understand Earth.

Explains the scientific method and describes a variety of projects.

Learn about rockets hands on! Includes plans, diagrams, schematics, and lists of parts and tools for model rocket projects.

The author recounts his life growing up in Ireland in the 1930’s and 40’s with a feckless father who drank his wages, and his desperate mother.

Exactly as stated, if it’s odd and in West Virginia, it’s in the book.

Explores the American, Russian, and German political, personal, and social factors that hindered or promoted the development of rockets and space travel.

A former Newsweek music critic’s memoir/music history combo.

In 1921, some 10,000 West Virginia coal miners—outraged over years of brutality and exploitation—marched against those responsible, the mine owners.

While he was working on his Atomic Energy badge for the Boy Scouts, David Hahn’s obsessive attention turned to nuclear energy. His project: building a model nuclear reactor in his backyard garden shed.

Presents the story of one of the most poignant and complicated scientific figures of the 20th century.

The bible of model rocketry and the official handbook of the National Association of Rocketry.

From the Los Angeles Times, “Breathtaking…epic…there are images and ideas in the Right Stuff that glisten like a rocket screaming into the heavens.”