A short biography of late nineteenth-century Italian electrical engineer and Nobel laureate Guglielmo Marchese Marconi that profiles his life and works which included the development of a practical wireless telegraphy system known as the radio.
A short biography of nineteenth-century Russian scientist and chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev that profiles his life and works which included his formation of the Periodic Table of the Elements that forms the foundation for all advances in chemistry.
Profiles the Nobel Prize-winning chemist who described the nature of chemical bonds and made other important discoveries in the fields of quantum mechanics and immunology.
A biography of the famous band leader and composer who was known as the March King. Includes sidebars on such topics as ragtime music, the Civil War, and trapshooting.
Chronicles the life of nineteenth-century composer Felix Mendelssohn, who wrote the "Wedding March, " describing his childhood in Germany, his close relationship with his sister, Fanny, and his prosperous career.
A biography of the German physician and researcher credited with being the father of modern drug development, who focused on the principle that substances act only when they are linked.
