physicists

Tells the life story of Stephen Hawking, who has become one of the world's most accomplished and famous physicists despite having ALS, and explains how to become a physicist or college professor.

Presents a biography of Stephen Hawking, containing an overview of his life and work, from his childhood and early education, to his scientific work on black holes and his reputation as a scholar. Includes time line.

Biography of physicist Albert Einstein discussing his childhood, life, and creative genius.

Presents a brief biography of Albert Einstein, the twentieth-century physicist whose theories of relativity revolutionized the way the world looks at space and time, and includes Einstein's 1934 essay "The World As I See It.".

A biography of the twentieth-century Austrian scientist who, despite facing discrimination as a Jew and a female, made discoveries in nuclear physics which played a major part in the development of atomic energy.

Examines the life of the Nobel Prize-winning Italian physicist who, among other achievements, developed the world's first nuclear reactor as part of the effort to create the first nuclear bomb.

Examines the life of the physicist who, among other achievements, was awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize for physics for developing the hydrogen bubble chamber, a powerful tool for tracking atomic particles.

A biography of the physicist whose theories of relativity revolutionized the way we look at space and time.

This book discusses the life and work of the brilliant physicist who has overcome the challenges of a life-threatening disease to become one of the foremost scientists of the twentieth century.

Chronicles the life of sixteenth-century Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei, who changed the world with his discovery that Earth is not the center of the universe but, rather, revolves around the sun, and discusses his investigation by the Inquisition.