Book excerpt: In this book you will read all about inventors, bright minds, and other brilliant science heroes of South Africa. You'll read the stories of people who made medical breakthroughs. Stories about people who love animals and plants. Stories about people who try to understand the secrets of the sky. Stories about people who made interesting discoveries about fossils, the earth, water, and the climate.This is a truly South African book that will inspire all readers to question, to explore and discover, and to create.