Yount, Lisa

Identifies specific scientists and their contributions to some of the major advances in technology that have transformed surgery and medicine since the nineteenth century.

Explores the lives of 150 women from throughout history and around the world who have made significant contributions to the fields of science and math; arranged alphabetically, with a general bibliography, a visual chronology, four subject indexes, a comprehensive index, and photographs.

Profiles twelve notable scientists in the field of astronomy, discussing their research, accomplishments, ethical and professional obstacles, and contributions. Includes photographs, illustrations, chronology of notable events, and a list of resources.

Contains twelve essays and documents that provide information about various aspects of epidemics, examining the science of epidemics, looking at five devastating plagues, and discussing prevention and control.

Profiles twelve Asian-American scientists, including Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Paul Chung-wu Chu, and Constance Tom Noguchi.

Details, through photographs and text, the life and career of French scientist Louis Pasteur.

Discusses all forms of assisted death, including physician-assisted suicide, and the medical, legal, and ethical controversies surrounding euthanasia.

Presents biographical profiles of six medical researchers who have made significant contributions to epidemiology, including John Snow, Louis Pasteur, Walter Reed, Alice Hamilton, C. J. Peters, and Mary-Claire King.

Contains twenty-seven essays that debate scientific, moral, and ethical issues related to cloning, discussing the science of cloning, the cloning of animals, cloning and the media, and human cloning and the law; and considering whether humans should ever be cloned.