• Joseph Kittinger jumped from a balloon almost 30 kilometres about the earth, and fell at such incredible speed that he actually broke the sound barrier.

• A three-man suicide squad sat atop a pile of radioactive uranium, ready to risk their lives in case the world’s first nuclear reaction went horribly wrong.

Science has its own special brand of heroes - people like Joseph Kittinger and the three men on top of the nuclear reactor, armed with little more than faith in their own logic. To do the job that science demands, scientists and inventors sometimes assume risks, take unusual steps, and attempt the bold and impossible. They go to extremes for the sake of discovery.

Extreme Science takes readers to the cutting edge of discovery. From death-defying tornado chasers to a man who fell through the sky so fast that his body broke the sound barrier, these true stories will keep
readers on the edge of their seats! Includes sidebars featuring additional extreme facts.

• Selected, Our Choice Canadian Children’s Book Centre, 2000

• Selected, ResourceLinks Magazine – Best of the Year 2000

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