Texas A&M University
Story Time: Discover Scientists' Biographies
Read very accessible biographies of thirteen scientists in many fields including medicine, paleontology, genetics, chemistry, physiology, marine biology, microbiology, biochemistry, and natural selection. Emphasis is on the scientists'...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Isaac Newton
A brief biography on scientist Isaac Newton, highlighting his discoveries and the book he published in 1687, "Principia", which was on his theories of gravity and laws of motion.
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Sacnas: The Biography Project
This site profiles dozens of Chicano/Latino and Native American scientists. Most are still active in their field of research. Searchable by field of science. Also contains links to some fantastic science sites by topic.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies
A fantastic resource where you can find biographies of historical figures. You can search by the person's name or by topics, such as Presidents, United States Leaders, Scientists, Inventors, Humanitarians, Explorers and Pioneers,...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Anton Von Leeuwenhoek
This brief biography of Anton von Leeuwenhoek is a great resource to understand how influential he was to the discovery of cells in his time.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Carl Sagan
A short biography about a scientist best known for his contributions to the research of extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Tim Noakes
A short biography about Tim Noakes, the South African scientist who has run more than 70 marathons and ultramarathons, and is the author of several books on exercise and diet.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: William Ramsay
A short biography about William Ramsay, the scientist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904.
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Famous Scientists: Wilhelm Rontgen
A short biography about the scientist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Rontgen rays, which earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
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Famous Scientists: Agnes Arber
This short biography about Agnes Arber describes her contributions to botanical science.
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Famous Scientists: Albert Einstein
Read a short biography about Albert Einstein, and find out how he discovered the general theory of relativity.
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Famous Scientists: Antonio Meucci
A short biography about Antonio Meucci, best known for developing a voice communication apparatus that several sources credit as the first telephone.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Aristotle
A detailed biography of Aristotle (384-322 BC). Discusses his early life, his education, his relationship with Alexander the Great as tutor, the breadth of his work in various science disciplines, the school he established in Athens, and...
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Famous Scientists: Arnold Orville Beckman
A short biography about Arnold Orville Beckman, once considered to have revolutionized the study of chemistry and biology with his work in bioscience instruments.
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Famous Scientists: Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter may be a familiar name in children's literature, but what a lot do not know is that she is a notable woman of science as well. Find out in this short biography.
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Famous Scientists: Charles Darwin
A short biography of Charles Darwin, and how he discovered evolutionary theory and natural selection.
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Famous Scientists: Clarence Birdseye
A short biography about Clarence Birdseye, who is considered to be the founder of the modern frozen food industry.
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Famous Scientists: Daniel Bernoulli
Read a short biography about Daniel Bernoulli, and find out about his work in fluid mechanics, and his pioneering work in probability and statistics.
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Famous Scientists: Dorothy Hodgkin
A short biography about Dorothy Hodgkin, a British biochemist who developed protein crystallography, for which she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964.
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Famous Scientists: Edmund Halley
Read a short biography about Edmund Halley, and find out why the comet bears his name.
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Famous Scientists: Elizabeth Blackwell
A short biography about Elizabeth Blackwell, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.
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Famous Scientists: Emil Adolf Behring
A short biography about the German physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin.
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Famous Scientists: Emmy Noether
A short biography about mathematician, Emmy Noether who was known for her landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.
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Famous Scientists: Ernest Rutherford
This short biography about Ernest Rutherford explains how he became known as the father of nuclear chemistry and physics.