Malone, John Williams

Presents biographical and career profiles of ten amateur scientists who made groundbreaking discoveries in a variety of scientific fields, including Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, comet hunter David Levy, Arthur C. Clarke, a communications satellite visionary, and others.

A collection of chronologically-arranged essays that provide information about predictions made over the course of 140 years, from 1858 to 1996, focusing on the areas of science and technology, but including some prophecies in the areas of economy, politics, and culture.

Text accompanied by prints and photographs of the period records frontier life of nineteenth-century America.

An A-to-Z compendium of information about figure skating, including biographies of champion skaters from around the world, histories of the major branches of competition, descriptions of figure skating forms, and facts about judging, scoring, costumes, music, and other aspects of the sport.