Oxford portraits in science

Author

Bernstein, Jeremy Pasachoff, Naomi E Stefoff, Rebecca Christianson, Gale E Collier, Bruce Edelson, Edward Hager, Thomas Cooper, Dan MacLachlan, James H Voelkel, James R Mark, Joan T Russell, Colin Archibald Robbins, Louise

1) Albert Einstein and the frontiers of physics

Author

Bernstein, Jeremy

Series

Oxford portraits in science

Pub. Date

1996

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Examines the personality as well as the thought process which led this physicist to his discoveries which have helped shape our understanding of the natural world.

2) Alexander Graham Bell: making connections

Author

Pasachoff, Naomi E.

3) Charles Darwin and the evolution revolution

Author

Stefoff, Rebecca

Series

Oxford portraits in science

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Examines the personality as well as the thought process which led this naturalist to his discoveries which have helped shape our understanding of the natural world.

4) Isaac Newton and the scientific revolution

Author

Christianson, Gale E.

5) Marie Curie: and the science of radioactivity

Author

Pasachoff, Naomi E

Series

Oxford portraits in science

Pub. Date

1995

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Examines the life of the Polish-born scientist who, with her husband Pierre, was awarded a 1903 Nobel Prize for discovering radium.

6) Charles Babbage and the engines of perfection

Author

Collier, Bruce

7) Francis Crick and James Watson and the building blocks of life

Author

Edelson, Edward

Series

Oxford portraits in science

Pub. Date

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Describes the collaboration of Watson and Crick in the effort to discover DNA.

8) Linus Pauling and the chemistry of life

Author

Hager, Thomas

Series

Oxford portraits in science

Pub. Date

c1998

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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.