Encyclopedia of World Scientists, Updated Edition

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  • Encyclopedia of World Scientists, Updated Edition Book Detail

  • Author : Elizabeth Oakes
  • Release Date : 2020-07-01
  • Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
  • Genre : Science
  • Pages : 1126
  • ISBN 13 : 1438195451
  • File Size : 98,98 MB
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Encyclopedia of World Scientists, Updated Edition by Elizabeth Oakes PDF Summary

Book Description: Encyclopedia of World Scientists, Updated Edition is a comprehensive reference tool for learning about scientists and their work. It includes 500 cross-referenced profiles of well-known scientific "greats" of history and contemporary scientists whose work is verging on prominence. More than 100 entries are devoted to women and minority scientists. Each entry includes the subject's full name, dates of birth/death, nationality, and field(s) of specialization. A biographical essay focuses primarily on the subject's scientific work and achievements; it also highlights additional information, such as place of birth, parents' names and occupations, name(s) of spouse(s) and children, educational background, jobs held, and awards earned. Profiles include: Archimedes (c. 287–212 BCE): Mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543): Astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564–1642): Astronomer Daniel Bernoulli (1700–1782): Mathematician John James Audubon (1785–1851): Biologist Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910): Medical scientist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896): Chemist Albert Einstein (1879–1955): Physicist Niels Bohr (1885–1962): Physicist George Washington Carver (c. 1861–1943): Chemist Marie Curie (1867–1934): Physicist and chemist Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882–1945): Aerospace engineer Edwin Powell Hubble (1889–1953): Astronomer Grace Murray Hooper (1906–1992): Computer scientist Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910–1994): Chemist Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910–1997): Earth scientist Alan Turing (1912–1954): Computer scientist Jonas Edward Salk (1914–1995): Medical scientist Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958): Chemist Jewel Plummer Cobb (1924–2017): Biologist Stephen Hawking (1942–2018): Astronomer.

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Encyclopedia of World Scientists

Encyclopedia of World Scientists

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Contains short biographies of almost 1,000 scientists from around the world who made great contributions to science throughout history.

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Encyclopedia of World Scientists

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Offers 500 biographical profiles of past and present scientists in such fields as anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, medicine, physics, and psychology