Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
9.6
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
5894
Points per Word
0.00017
Page Count
72
Points per Page
0.013889
Series
Eyewitness Books
Description
Great Scientists by Jacqueline Fortey is a middle-grade nonfiction work that profiles a selection of scientists from antiquity through the modern era, including Aristotle, Benjamin Franklin, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking. Each chapter outlines the individual's major inventions, theories, or breakthroughs and explains how their work formed the foundation for contemporary scientific understanding. Targeted at readers in grades 4-8 with a reading level of 9.6, the book presents the scientists' lives and contributions in an accessible historical context.