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Examines the lives and achievements of seven Black Americans who left their mark through scientific work.

Alphabetical articles profile the life and work of notable scientists and inventors from antiquity to the present, beginning with Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz and concluding with the Wright Brothers.

Profiles eight American scientists who have made important contributions to twentieth-century science, including Thomas Hunt Morgan, Robert Oppenheimer, and Linus Pauling.

Contains essays that examine nineteenth-century advances and discoveries in life science, medicine, mathematics, physical science, and technology and invention; featuring a time line and overview for each topic, biographical profiles of important individuals in each discipline, and research and activity ideas for students.

Discusses the scientists and inventors responsible for the advances in communications technology, including Johann Gutenberg, Samuel Morse, Thomas Edison, and Philo Farnsworth.

Short biographies of eight black American pioneers of discovery, including Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver, and Lewis Latimer.

Profiles ten women who have overcome many forms of adversity, to triumph in the scientific and medical fields.

Describes the early lives and notable achievements of five black scientists, Susan McKinney Steward, George Washington Carver, Ernest Everett Just, Percy Lavon Julian, and Shirley Ann Jackson.

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.

Examines the life stories of twenty-six individuals from around the world who made notable contributions as naturalists, conservationists, or environmentalists.