scientists

Discusses the life of the medical researcher Jonas Salk and describes his discovery of the polio vaccine in 1955.

Discusses the lives and contributions of ten influential scholars from the early years of scientific research, including Pythagoras, Archimedes, and Pliny.

Describes the scientific contributions made by people in colonial America, including natural history, medicine, astronomy, and electricity.

Discusses the theories of ancient Greek philosophers-scientists such as Ptolemy, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, and Aristotle, and describes some of the scientific discoveries attributed to the Greeks and their impact on modern science.

Discusses the life and discoveries of Galileo, the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who challenged ideas more than a thousand years old and changed the course of science.

Short biographies of more than thirty men and women who excelled in the field of medical science. Includes Hippocrates, Harvey, Ehrlich, Roentgen, Blackwell, Freud, and Salk.

Describes the life of Alexander Fleming and his work in using penicillin to conquer diseases.

Traces the life and discoveries of the Greek mathematician, scientist, and inventor, sometimes called "the father of experimental science.".

Profiles the Nobel Prize-winning chemist who described the nature of chemical bonds, made important discoveries in the fields of quantum mechanics, immunology, and evolution, and used his scientific fame to help advance political causes.