Bøger af Elizabeth Oakes

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.

A to Z of Chemists, Updated Edition tells the stories of nearly 100 chemists--both well-known scientific greats of history and contemporary scientists whose work is just verging on greatness. Readers will find fascinating entries on people such as Gertrude Belle Elion, who developed drugs to cure diseases as diverse as leukemia, gout, herpes, malaria, and arthritis. From famous mainstream chemists to minority scientists often excluded from similar titles, A to Z of Chemists, Updated Edition spans all cultures, ethnicities, and eras. Designed for high school through early college students, this title in the Notable Scientists series is also an ideal resource for all readers interested in chemistry. Articulated in everyday language, even the most complex concepts are accessible. While the majority of the scientists in this work are, first and foremost, chemists, there is a handful of physicists, biologists, and other scientists who made significant contributions to chemistry. People covered include: Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811-1899) Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) George Washington Carver (1864-1943) St. Elmo Brady (1884-1966) Karl Ziegler (1898-1973) Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975) Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994) Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994) Robert Burns Woodward (1917-1979) Sir George Porter (1920-2002) Sir Aaron Klug (1926-2018) Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944-present) Aziz Sancar (1946-present) Ahmed Zewail (1946-2016) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952-present)