Great scientists

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Louis Pasteur

2009
Introduces children to the life and work of scientist Louis Pasteur, discussing his childhood, schooling, research, impact on the treatment of numerous deadly diseases, and other related topics.

Immunologists and virologists

2014
Looks at the lives and careers of over thirty immunologists and virologists.

Physicists

2014
Looks at the lives and careers of over fifty physicists.

Chemists

2014
Looks at the lives and careers of over forty-eight chemists.

Leonardo da Vinci

2009
A biography of Italian Renaissance artist and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci, describing his life and many works of art.

Carl Sagan

in contact with the cosmos
2000
A biography of the scientist who brought his passion for astronomy to the public through his television appearances on the "Tonight Show," his television series "Cosmos," and the feature film "Contact.".

Lise Meitner

discoverer of nuclear fission
2000
A biography of the Austrian scientist whose discoveries in nuclear physics played a major part in developing atomic energy.
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