chemists

A short biography of late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century English scientist John Dalton that profiles his life and works which included his research on atomic theory.

Examines the life of Henry Cavendish,the strange and reclusive scientist who discovered hydrogenin the late eighteenth century, and made many other contributions to science.

A short biography of eighteenth-century French statesman, economist, and social reformer, Antoine Lavoisier, who was best known as the father of modern chemistry, and profiles his life and work which included his discovery of the components of water.

A biography of the chemist whose work with radium laid the foundation for much of today's scientific knowledge.

Traces the life of the Polish-born scientist who discovered radium and became the only person to receive two Nobel Prizes.

A brief biography of Polish-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie, who was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and won a Noble prize in both physics and in chemistry.

A brief biography of Marie Curie concentrating on her search and discovery of the then new element, radium.

A biography of the Polish-born scientist who, with her husband Pierre, was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for discovering radium.

A biography of the Polish-born scientist who, with her husband, was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for discovering radium.

Recounts the life of the French chemist whose work helped transform many of the undocumented scientific beliefs of the Middle Ages into an exact science.