physicists

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Galileo Galilei and the science of motion

2004
Presents the life and work of the famous sixteenth-century Italian astronomer and physicist.

Degrees Kelvin

a tale of genius, invention, and tragedy
2004
Chronicles the life of William Thomas, focusing on how he became one of the most important figures in modern science.

"Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!"

adventures of a curious character
1997
A collection of often humorous anecdotes about the 1965 Nobel Prize winner for physics.

"What do you care what other people think?"

further adventures of a curious character
2001
Presents an autobiography of physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Richard Feynman, as he recounts his life with his late wife, his investigation of the Challenger disaster, and his work on the atomic bomb.

Galileo Galilei

first physicist
1999
Examines the personality, thought processes, scientific discoveries, and life of an important figure who helped to shape our understanding of the natural world.

Stephen Hawking

revolutionary physicist
1994
Text and accompanying photographs describe the life of the renowned theoretical physicist who has taken the study of cosmology further than most in his field, despite his need for wheelchair and computer to travel and communicate.

Heisenberg probably slept here

the lives, times, and ideas of the great physicists of the 20th century
1997
Profiles the lives of eight physicists and details their contributions to the field especially during the twentieth century.

Robert Oppenheimer

dark prince
1992
Traces the life and work of the physicist who headed the Manhattan Project which developed the first atomic bomb.

Ordinary genius

the story of Albert Einstein
1995
Examines the life of Albert Einstein, the scientist whose theories of relativity revolutionized thinking about space and time.

Discovering nature's laws

a story about Isaac Newton
2004
A biography of physicist Sir Isaac Newton, who invented calculus, discovered a law of gravity, and made other significant scientific discoveries in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

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