Dr. Fred has written books on many different topics and for different age levels. This page lists the books by age range, youngest first, in the reverse order in which they were published. For a description of a particular title, click on the title or the cover image of the book. Many of those descriptions include links to sample chapters or updates on scientific developments since the book appeared.
Dr. Fred's featured book is
Dr. Fred's Weather Watch: Create and Run Your Own Weather Station
revised and updated in 2014, from StarWalk Kids Media.
EXPLORING THE SUBATOMIC WORLD
by Fred Bortz and B. H. Fields* (Cavendish Square Publishing, 2016, ages 10-up)
Dr. Fred has a poem written under an invented name in I Invited a Dragon for Dinner and Other Poems To Make You Laugh Out Loud
Click here to buy the book and have fun guessing which one is his.
DR. FRED'S WEATHER WATCH: CREATE AND RUN YOUR OWN WEATHER STATION by Fred Bortz, Ph.D., and J. Marshall Shepherd, Ph.D. (McGraw-Hill paperback, 2000, Starwalk Kids Media paperback and ebook, 2014, ages 9-up).
Seven Wonders of EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGY (Twenty-First Century Books, "Seven Wonders" series, library binding, 2010)
COLLISION COURSE: COSMIC IMPACTS AND LIFE ON EARTH by Fred Bortz (Millbrook Press library binding, 2001, StarWalk Kids Media, revised and updated ebook, 2014, ages 10-up) Named a Top-ten Sci-Tech Book for Youth by ALA Booklist.
MARTIAN FOSSILS ON EARTH? THE STORY OF METEORITE ALH84001 by Fred Bortz (Millbrook Press, 1997, ages 10-up, 72 pages, full color, reinforced library binding, StarWalk Kids Media, revised and updated ebook, 2014)
NEW FOR 2014
The eight-volume Revolutionary Discoveries of Scientific Pioneers series from Rosen Publishing Group, to be published in 2014, including the following scientists:
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Sir Isaac Newton
Charles Darwin
Dmitri Mendeleyev
Gregor Mendel
Edwin Hubble
DNA Pioneers James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin
The eight-volume series Exploring the Subatomic World from Cavendish Square Publishing, published in 2015 with a 2016 copyright date, including
Understanding Electrons
Understanding Protons
Understanding Neutrons
Understanding Photons
Understanding Neutrinos
Understanding Quarks
Understanding Higgs Bosons
Understanding The Large Hadron Collider
CATASTROPHE! GREAT ENGINEERING FAILURE -- AND SUCCESS by Fred Bortz (W. H. Freeman, Scientific American Books for Young Readers, 1995, 80 pages, paperback and hardcover) A "Selector's Choice" on the National Science Teachers Association - Children's Book Council List of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children.
TECHNO-MATTER: THE MATERIALS BEHIND THE MARVELS by Fred Bortz (Twenty-first Century Books, Millbrook Press, 2001, ages 11-up) Full color, reinforced library binding.
TO THE YOUNG SCIENTIST: REFLECTIONS ON DOING AND LIVING SCIENCE by Fred Bortz (Franklin Watts, 1997, ages 12-up, 128 pp., Reinforced library binding)
MIND TOOLS: THE SCIENCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE by Fred Bortz (Franklin Watts, 1992, ages 12-up, 128 pages, reinforced library binding)
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