scientists

Black-and-white photographs and brief biographical essays profile seventy-seven men and women who have made significant contributions to the scientific community.

Profiles the life and work of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein, discussing his childhood and youth, his family, his contributions to the field of physics, and his later political activism.

Traces the discoveries that earned nearly five hundred twentieth-century scientists Nobel honors in the areas of chemistry, physics, ad medicine.

Provides brief biographical sketches of more than two hundred male and female scientists who have made significant contributions to the interdisciplinary field of science, technology, and society.

A republication of the 1831 edition of the classic story about the hysteria that ensues when Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates a monster by reanimating dead flesh, and subsequently casts the creature out into a horrified community.

The life and writings of Benjamin Franklin, scientist, inventor, educator, diplomat, politician, philosopher, humorist, father, husband, and friend.

Contains biographical sketches of one hundred of the most prominent and interesting American scientists of the twentieth century.

Contains brief biographies of two hundred scientists, inventors, and mathematicians whose work has had a significant and lasting influence on society and/or their discipline. Arranged alphabetically, with a timeline, geographic and discipline listings, a bibliography, and an index.

Profiles of one-hundred African-American scientists, looking at their early years, higher education, and career highlights.

Examines, through photographs and text, the lives and achievements of African-American scientists from colonial days to the present, including Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver, and several black astronauts.