Bibliograph

Scientists who changed history, contributors: Alexandra Black, Alethea Doran, Joanna Edwards, Richard Gilbert, Janet Mohun, Victoria Pyke, Penny Warren

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Scientists who changed history, contributors: Alexandra Black, Alethea Doran, Joanna Edwards, Richard Gilbert, Janet Mohun, Victoria Pyke, Penny Warren

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Scientists who changed history

Responsibility statement

contributors: Alexandra Black, Alethea Doran, Joanna Edwards, Richard Gilbert, Janet Mohun, Victoria Pyke, Penny Warren

Summary

Scientists Who Changed History profiles trailblazing individuals from Greek mathematicians, such as Archimedes and Hipparchus, through physicists of the early 20th-century, such as Marie Curie and Albert Einstein, to modern greats such as Stephen Hawking and Tim Berners-Lee. Each featured individual has made a major contribution to one or more scientific fields, from astronomy, biology, and psychology, to computer science and geology. Combining elements of biography, history, and analysis, Scientists Who Changed History explains the groundbreaking contributions made by these revolutionary men and women in a clear and informative way"--Amazon

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