The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World's Great Scientists

How does a kid grow up to become a scientist? This enthralling nonfiction picture book from New York Times bestselling author Kate Messner explores the unexpected beginnings behind some of the most fascinating discoveries in scientific history.

Before the world’s great scientists were scientists, they were, in fact, doing all the things kids do:

Taking things apart,
putting things together,
gazing up at the night sky,
drawing, imagining, building, and exploring.

Things that scientists do, ...