Deborah Kops

An account of the January 1919 molasses tank explosion in Boston, Massachusetts, seeks to uncover why the tank blew up and who was to blame through primary sources and archival photographs that show the extent of the damage.

How can robots help us explore space? A probe called New Horizons is zooming through the outer solar system. It's headed to Pluto. It and other space robots can go where people cannot survive. In this book, you'll learn how robots can work as our eyes, ears, and hands in space.

"Learn about the art and cultural contributions, family life, religions and people of ancient Rome"--Provided by publisher.

Henry Ford invented the automobile. The first video game was created in a science research lab. A melted candy bar inspired the invention of microwave ovens. You may have heard these beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let's investigate seventeen statements about inventions and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones still stump the experts! Find out whether Alexander Graham Bell...

Alice Paul reignited the sleepy suffrage moment with dramatic demonstrations and provocative banners. After women won the vote in 1920, Paul wrote the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would make all the laws that discriminated against women unconstitutional. Paul saw another chance to advance women's rights when the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 began moving through Congress. Kops introduces readers to this relatively unknown leader of the...

Read all about the group of people called the Inca who built the small city of Machu Picchu, the city which lies northwest of Cuzco, the capital of the great Inca Empire.

Presents the events leading up to the first major battle in the Civil War, at Bull Run in 1861, and describes that clash and its aftermath.

Describes various kinds of owls, their binocular vision, hunting and eating habits, mating and nesting behaviors, how they raise their young, and effects of humans on their habitat.