chemists

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

The life of the seventeenth-century scientist best known for his analysis of pressure and volume in gases and for his example to fellow scientists in sharing his discoveries with them.

Tells the life story of scientist Marie Curie, describing her marriage to fellow scientist Pierre Curie, her Nobel Prizes, and the medical advances made possible by her discovery and study of the element radium.

Explores the life of the Polish-born chemist, with an emphasis on the role played by curiosity in her discovery of radium.

A short biography of nineteenth-century Russian scientist and chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev that profiles his life and works which included his formation of the Periodic Table of the Elements that forms the foundation for all advances in chemistry.

Profiles the Nobel Prize-winning chemist who described the nature of chemical bonds and made other important discoveries in the fields of quantum mechanics and immunology.

Explains how chemist Wallace Carothers assisted in the discovery, development, and distribution of nylon in the mid-twentieth century.

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

Provides an overview of the life and work of English chemist and physicist John Dalton, focusing on his contributions to the development of atomic theory.