scientists

Kurt Austin and the NUMA team have their work cut out for them when people are killed trying to harvest an enzyme found at the bottom of the Atlantic that affects longevity; while scientists in a remote Greek village are disappearing one by one, and a body turns up frozen high in the Alps.

A chronicle of the exploration of the Amazon since Europeans discovered it in 1500, covering the history, myths, and legends associated with explorers, scientists, indigenous peoples, and activists.

A illustrated introduction to science, discussing various concepts, inventions, and breakthroughs; and profiling significant people.

Contains brief biographies of one hundred men and women who have made significant impacts upon our understanding of the world around us.

White House intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton is thrust into a life-or-death situation when she travels to the Arctic to investigate the discovery of a rare meteorite that might prove the existence of extraterrestrial life, and finds instead evidence of scientific trickery.

Chronicles the life of Joseph Priestley, an eighteenth-century scientist and minister who aided in the discovery of oxygen, the founding of the Unitarian Church, and more; and describes his influence over the faith of some of the United States' founding fathers.

Contains entries that document eighty-eight of the most important breakthroughs in the history of science, arranged alphabetically from A to Glo, and includes biographical sidebars on the people behind the discoveries, charts, diagrams, and drawings.

Covers over 1,300 key scientists from more than 38 countries in many fields of science and technology including physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and medicine.

Provides a biography of Louis Pasteur, an important nineteenth-century scientist who made fundamental discoveries in the field of medicine and microbiology, and developed the pasteurization proccess.