Presents a brief biography of Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov that chronicles his life and work on human behavior and his 1904 Nobel Prize for physiology.
A biography of the Russian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1904 for research on the digestive system and is perhaps best known for his research on dogs.
A biography of the eminent seventeenth century physician and scientist who discovered the functions of the heart, arteries, and veins in the circulation of blood.
Examines the life of William Harvey, a sixteenth-century physician who discovered the heart is actually a pump that circulates blood thoughout the body.
Discusses Swiss biologist Friedrich Miescher's discovery of nucleic acid in the late 1800s, examines related breakthroughs in the field, and looks at how Miescher's workled to the DNA technology being used in the twenty-first century.
Examines the life of William Harvey, a sixteenth-century physician who discovered the heart is actually a pump that circulates blood thoughout the body.