biography

Explores the life of Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk whose experiments with pea plants became a foundation for modern genetics.

A biography of the German astronomer who discovered three laws of planetary motion.

Profiles the Nobel Prize-winning chemist who described the nature of chemical bonds, made important discoveries in the fields of quantum mechanics, immunology, and evolution, and used his scientific fame to help advance political causes.

A biography of the British bacteriologist, born in Scotland, who was knighted and awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering penicillin.

Recounts the life of the scientist whose theories of relativity revolutionized the way we look at space and time.

Chronicles the life of scientist Lise Meitner and explains how she discovered the theories and factors behind nuclear fission.

Presents a biography of Ernest Rutherford, known as the Father of Nuclear Science, and chronicles his childhood in New Zealand, education, and research in the area of nuclear physics.

A biography of Robert Boyle detailing his work establishing the experimental method which changed the way people thought about, and practiced, chemistry.

Traces the life and work of the man whose study of galaxies led to a new understanding of the universe.

A biography of the nineteenth-century English scientist whose religious beliefs guided his exploration of electricity and magnetism.