biography

Traces the life and achievements of the biologist who wrote about the sea and the dangers of pesticides.

Describes the life and work of the biologist and writer who helped initiate the environmental movement.

Follows the life of the biologist and conservationist, known for her writing on the environment.

Biography of Danish physicist Niels Bohr, who won the Nobel prize in 1922 for his work on the properties of atoms.

Brings together eighteenth century etchings, artifacts, and quotations to create the effect of a scrapbook of the life of Benjamin Franklin.

Profiles one hundred scientists from ancient times to the present whose discoveries have changed the world.

Tells the life story of sixteenth-century astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, the first to declare that the sun does not revolve around Earth; describes the world in which he lived; and includes selected primary sources.

Examines the life and works of nineteenth-century scientist and creator of the periodic table of elements, Dmitry Mendeleyev, and discusses his experiments and theories and his influence upon the world of science.

A biography of the eighteenth-century Scottish inventor and engineer whose improved designs of the steam engine made its wide use possible.

Presents a biography of the tireless Thomas Edison, illustrated with many photos of his life and inventions.