Presents a profile of nineteenth-century scientist Marie Curie, who, with her husband Pierre, discovered the element radium, discussing her childhood in Poland, her education, and the significance of her work in physics.
Provides a biography of Michael Faraday, a British chemist and physicist who contributed significantly to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
A biography of chemist Antoine Lavoisier who identified oxygen and hydrogen, studied the conservation of mass, wrote the first major list of elements, and helped develop the metric system. Describes how old rivals raised suspicion about him during the French Revolution that led to his beheading.
A biography of a scientists who has received two Nobel prizes: one for his work on the nature of the chemical bond that holds atoms together, the other for helping to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. His most recent work is concerned with vitamin C.
