scientists

A biography of the seventeenth-century English scientist who developed the theory of gravity, discovered the secret of light and color, and formulated the system of calculus.

Contains 75 biographies of men and women whose actions and discoveries helped shape the modern world.

"From the director of the famed MIT Media Laboratory comes an exhilarating behind the-scenes exploration of the research center where our nation's foremost scientists are creating the innovative new technologies that will transform our future"--.

A researcher at a pharmaceutical company, Marina Singh journeys into the heart of the Amazonian delta to check on a field team that has been silent for two years--a dangerous assignment that forces Marina to confront the ghosts of her past.

As Victor Leben, formerly Frankenstein, begins his work to create a race of superhumans, five people, including Victor's original creation, Deucalion, gather in a small Montana town to face dangers they have never known before in order to oppose Victor.

A graphic novel retelling of H.G. Well's "The Time Machine" in which a scientist invents a time machine and travels 800,000 years into the future where he discovers humans have evolved into two groups--the Eloi and their Morlock oppressors.

Covers 150 years of scientific discovery, recounting Pasteur's life and accomplishments, as well as the history of the Pasteur Institute.

Stories of more than sixty African American inventors and scientists whose accomplishments have often been overlooked by historians.

Presents profiles and photographs of forty individuals named to "Time" magazine's list of the one hundred most influential people of the twentieth century, covering scientists and business persons.