scientist

Text and photographs recount the life of scientist Nikola Tesla who developed the technology that harnessed alternating-current electricity.

Presents a short biography of Nikola Tesla, who along with Thomas Edison, brought about the discovery of electricity, and examines his childhood in Croatia and other inventions credited to him.

Discusses the scientists and inventors responsible for the advances in communications technology, including Johann Gutenberg, Samuel Morse, Thomas Edison, and Philo Farnsworth.

Short biographies of eight black American pioneers of discovery, including Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver, and Lewis Latimer.

Explores the work of Chien-Shiun Wu, a physicist and atomic researcher, and examines the hardships she endured to reach the top of her field.

A biography of James Watson, one of the scientists who helped discover the structure of DNA, the carrier of heredity in higher organisms.

A biography of the scientist who developed a vaccine that conquered polio.

A biography of the nineteenth-century French scientist who discovered the process for destroying harmful bacteria with heat and opened the door to the new science of microbiology.

Presents the life and work of the famous seventeenth-century British physicist.

Illustrations and simple text provide a brief introduction to the life and work of scientist Isaac Newton and discusses how his work changed the world.