Presents a profile of Louis Daguerre, discussing his childhood in France, his work as an artist in stage design, and his contributions to the development of modern photography.
Presents a profile of early twentieth-century scientist Robert Goddard, inventor of the rocket, discussing his childhood in Massachusetts, his education, and his lifelong interest in rockets, and looking at how his work contributed to the space program.
Presents a profile of eighteenth-century scientist Robert Fulton, inventor of the first workable steamboat, discussing his childhood in Pennsylvania, his association with Ben Franklin, and his lifelong interest in all sorts of boats.
Presents a profile of nineteenth-century scientist Marie Curie, who, with her husband Pierre, discovered the element radium, discussing her childhood in Poland, her education, and the significance of her work in physics.
Presents a profile of early twentieth-century scientist Albert Einstein, discussing his childhood in Germany, his struggles in school, and his contributions to the field of physics.
Presents a profile of twentieth-century scientist Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine, discussing his childhood in New York, his education, and the significance of his vaccine and other research in medical science.
A biography of the actress whose weapons communication system was used by the Navy in 1962 and is used today in the Internet and for satellite transmissions.
