history

Discusses the life and accomplishments of Albert Einstein and what was happening around the world during his lifetime.

Describes the development of penicillin, from its discovery and use in World War II to the possible implications of overuse.

Describes the life and work of the Italian inventor, who was a pioneer in the development of the radio.

Biography of Danish physicist Niels Bohr, who won the Nobel prize in 1922 for his work on the properties of atoms.

Profiles seven people--including Marie Curie, Enrico Fermi, Robert Oppenheimer, and Andrei Sakharov--whose study of the atom has shaped the field of nuclear science during the twentieth century.

Gives biographies of twelve chemists who made historic discoveries in the field. Includes such scientists as Antoine Lavoisier, Linus Pauling and Louis Pasteur.

Profiles the lives of American inventors, engineers, and scientists whose major technical accomplishments occurred during the Industrial Revolution and on through the beginning of World War II, arranged chronologically by birth date, and including such people as Charles Goodyear, George Eastman, and Margaret Bourke-White.

Examines the lives and achievements of some of the world's greatest scientists, including Marie Curie, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein.

Introduces discoveries that changed science by such notable men and women as Copernicus, William Harvey, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Thomas Edison, Louis Pasteur, Henry Bessemer, Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, Dmitri Mendeleyev, Max Planck, Madame Curie, Albert Einstein, Dorothy Hodgkin, and others. Illustrated with photographs.

Profiles the life and work of seven scientists who made important medical inventions, including Santorio and the thermometer, La?nnec and the stethoscope, and R?ntgen and the x-ray.