Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Think Like a Rocket Scientist
Author: Ozan Varol
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1541762614

* One of Inc.com's "6 Books You Need to Read in 2020 (According to Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, and Adam Grant)"* Adam Grant's # 1 pick of his top 20 books of 2020* One of 6 Groundbreaking Books of Spring 2020 (according to Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Dan Pink, and Adam Grant). A former rocket scientist reveals the habits, ideas, and strategies that will empower you to turn the seemingly impossible into the possible. Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. But it's not. Rather, it's the apex of a certain thought process -- a way to imagine the unimaginable and solve the unsolvable. It's the same thought process that enabled Neil Armstrong to take his giant leap for mankind, that allows spacecraft to travel millions of miles through outer space and land on a precise spot, and that brings us closer to colonizing other planets. Fortunately, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to think like one. In this accessible and practical book, Ozan Varol reveals nine simple strategies from rocket science that you can use to make your own giant leaps in work and life -- whether it's landing your dream job, accelerating your business, learning a new skill, or creating the next breakthrough product. Today, thinking like a rocket scientist is a necessity. We all encounter complex and unfamiliar problems in our lives. Those who can tackle these problems -- without clear guidelines and with the clock ticking -- enjoy an extraordinary advantage. Think Like a Rocket Scientist will inspire you to take your own moonshot and enable you to achieve liftoff.

I Can Be a Rocket Scientist

I Can Be a Rocket Scientist
Author: Anna Claybourne
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2019-10-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0486839230

Find out what it takes to become a rocket scientist! With this out-of-this-world activity book, you can make a scale model of the solar system, build a prototype rocket from a plastic container, and try real astronaut fitness exercises. You'll discover Earth's place in space, fun facts about the other planets in our solar system, how gravity works, and lots of other fascinating cosmic information.

The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist

The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist
Author: James Longuski
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2007-05-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0387682228

This book translates "thinking like a rocket scientist" into every day thinking so it can be used by anyone. It’s short and snappy and written by a rocket scientist. The book illustrates the methods (the 7 secrets) with anecdotes, quotations and biographical sketches of famous scientists, personal stories and insights, and occasionally some space history. The author reveals that rocket science is just common sense applied to the extraordinarily uncommon environment of outer space and that rocket scientists are people, too. It is intended for "armchair" scientists, and for those interested in popular psychology, space history, and science fiction films.

Advice to Rocket Scientists

Advice to Rocket Scientists
Author: Jim Longuski
Publisher: AIAA
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781563476556

A former NASA engineer and astronautics professor offers down-to-earth advice and recommended reading on preparing for and surviving in science-related professions. This book is especially valuable for those who are attempting career transitions between the work place and academic environments.

Amelia Bedelia, Rocket Scientist?

Amelia Bedelia, Rocket Scientist?
Author: Herman Parish
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 71
Release: 2007-02-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0060518898

When Amelia Bedelia helps out at the school science fair, she finds an exploding volcano, some UFOs, and a mad scientist!

How To Be a Rocket Scientist

How To Be a Rocket Scientist
Author: Brett Hoffstadt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2021-10-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781956622027

Learn 10 powerful tips from an aerospace industry veteran that leverage our connected economy and the abundance of space exploration efforts.

Rocket Girl

Rocket Girl
Author: George D. Morgan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1616147393

Combining personal history with dramatic historical events, this extraordinary true story of America's first female rocket scientist shows how her talent for chemistry proved essential for America's early space program.

I Can Be a Science Detective

I Can Be a Science Detective
Author: Claudia Martin
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2019-10-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0486839214

Do you have what it takes to become a science sleuth? Of course you do! Discover how to gather clues and collect evidence to catch a thief, follow instructions to extract DNA from strawberries, take your own fingerprints, analyze handwriting, and much more. While you're having fun inspecting, detecting, and experimenting, you'll be learning all about the intriguing world of forensic science and its important role in real life.

Path to the Stars

Path to the Stars
Author: Sylvia Acevedo
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2018-09-04
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1328526909

The inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA. A meningitis outbreak in their underprivileged neighborhood left Sylvia Acevedo’s family forever altered. As she struggled in the aftermath of loss, young Sylvia’s life transformed when she joined the Brownies. The Girl Scouts taught her how to take control of her world and nourished her love of numbers and science. With new confidence, Sylvia navigated shifting cultural expectations at school and at home, forging her own trail to become one of the first Latinx to graduate with a master's in engineering from Stanford University and going on to become a rocket scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Simultaneously available in Spanish!

I Can Be an Awesome Inventor

I Can Be an Awesome Inventor
Author: Anna Claybourne
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2019-10-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0486839249

Put on your thinking cap and get inventive! Make a musical instrument from glass bottles, use a drop of water to create a microscope, develop your own computer programming language, and more! Filled with interesting fun facts and entertaining activities, this book will inspire you to create your own inventions.