Forget the first step on the moon, the Nobel Prize, and the great inventions. When the world's most important scientists were children, they had the usual problems of their age, just like you. Albert Einstein daydreamed instead of paying attention in class. Sally Ride left a brilliant tennis career to become the first American female astronaut. Isaac Newton herded sheep, and his mother wanted her son to pursue a rural life. And Stephen Hawking disliked reading so much that he learned to read when he was eight years old. These and many other true stories can be found in this wonderfully illustrated book.