Giants of science

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Alexander Graham Bell

father of modern communication
2000
Examines the life and accomplishments of the speech teacher whose study of sound and the human voice led to his invention of the telephone.

Jonas Salk

polio vaccine pioneer
2004
A biography of the scientist and humanitarian who discovered the vaccine for polio, a disease which crippled many people in the early part of the twentieth century.

Charles Darwin

2010
Examines the life and accomplishments of Charles Darwin, discussing how he developed his theory of evolution, why it led to one of the greatest scientific controversies in history, and how he dealt with critical reception to his ideas.

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