Notable scientists

Presents a biographical A to Z collection of one hundred fifty math specialists that focuses on their work, achievements, and contributions to the field and includes background and educational information on Rene Descartes, Emily Noether, Charles Pierce, and others.

Provides biographical profiles of more than one hundred male and female scientists, from antiquity to the present, whose work has contributed to the study of weather and climate and impacted society in lasting ways.

Presents alphabetized biographical profiles of over 150 physicists throughout history, from Archimedes to Marie Curie to Tsung-Dao Lee, covering their family and educational backgrounds, work, achievements, cultural and political struggles, and legacies, and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an index.

Provides brief biographical profiles of nearly 150 men and women, from antiquity to the present, who have made significant contributions to the field of marine science.

Presents alphabetized biographical profiles of over one hundred computer scientists, from Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace to Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, describing their family and educational backgrounds, work, achievements, and significance in the history of the field. Also includes a chronology and a glossary.

Alphabetically arranged entries profile more than 150 male and female scientists from the eighteenth century to the present who have made significant contributions to a particular scientific discipline.

Provides brief biographical sketches of more than two hundred male and female scientists who have made significant contributions to the interdisciplinary field of science, technology, and society.