Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Maria Sklodowska Curie
Read about the life and scientific work of Marie Curie, possibly the most famous female scientist in history. In addition to providing biographical information, this page includes details on her scientific discoveries and her influence...
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Elementary Odes: Pablo Neruda
Online text to nine of his odes. Links are provided at the top of the page for access to each ode.
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The Kipling Society: Rudyard Kipling Life and Works
The Kipling Society provides a fabulous and thorough biography of Rudyard Kipling. It includes wonderful photographs. Also available is a chronology of his life and works.
University of California
Ucla: Irene Joliot Curie (1897 1956 )
Site includes the titles of publications authored by nuclear physicist Irene Joliot-Curie, as well as her complete resume.
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society: Hompage
ChemCenter, available from the American Chemical Society, provides chemistry news, reference sources and other public services.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Biography of the life and work of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu who spoke out against Apartheid and has devoted his life to promoting peace in the world.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Robert J. Lefkowitz, m.d.
Biography of Robert Lefkowitz, winner of many awards for his work in chemistry, neuroscience and public health.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
Read the full text of Shaw's comedy, Arms and the Man. This, like most of Shaw's plays, gains much by being read rather than seen.
Texas A&M University
Peer Curricula: Story Time: Hans Krebs
Read about Hans Krebs' childhood and how it influenced his interest in science. Read about the importance of mentors in his life as he did research in chemistry.
Texas A&M University
Peer Curricula: Story Time: Peter Medawar
The biographies in the PEER Curricula site emphasize the early life of scientists and how they developed their interests. This biography of Peter Medawar is no exception. His teachers were important mentors in his life and led to his...
Texas A&M University
Peer Curricula: Story Time: Melvin Calvin
A biography of Melvin Calvin, the chemist who figured out how photosynthesis works. The emphasis of this biography is on his early life, the development of his interest in science, and his education.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Richard Phillips Feynman
The University of St Andrews provides this biographical site on the life of Richard Feynman. The site has links to quotes, posters and references.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Beloved by Toni Morrison
This collection uses primary sources to explore Toni Morrison's Beloved.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Heinrich Rohrer
Swiss physicist Heinrich Rohrer co-invented the scanning tunneling microscope (STM), a non-optical instrument that allows the observation of individual atoms in three dimensions, with Gerd Binnig. The achievement garnered the pair half...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin by Rudyard Kipling
Classic Reader provides numerous classic short stories from prize-winning authors. One work is "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin," a story written by the Nobel Prize in Literature-winning author, Rudyard Kipling.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: How the Whale Got His Throat by Rudyard Kipling
Classic Reader provides numerous classic short stories from prize-winning authors. One work is "How the Whale Got His Throat," a story written by the Nobel Prize in Literature-winning author, Rudyard Kipling.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Guglielmo Marconi
This is an account of Marconi's life that discusses all of his discoveries up to his Nobel Prize awarded in 1909 for physics. Additional links for extra information are also provided.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Yasunari Kawabata (1899 1972)
This site presents a biography of Yasunari Kawabata, who was the first Japanese novelist to win the Nobel prize for literature. The biography highlights the poetic nature of Kawabata's fiction.
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
Gabriela Mistral en La Biblioteca Nacional De Chile
This reference highlights the work of the Chilean writer Gabriela Mistral, the first Spanish-speaking woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The 2400 Year Search for the Atom
How do we know what matter is made of? The quest for the atom has been a long one, beginning 2,400 years ago with the work of a Greek philosopher and later continued by a Quaker and a few Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Theresa Doud...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Rosalind Franklin: Dna's Unsung Hero
The discovery of the structure of DNA was one of the most important scientific achievements in human history. The now-famous double helix is almost synonymous with Watson and Crick, two of the scientists who won the Nobel prize for...
PBS
Pbs: Dorothy Hodgkin
PBS presents a brief overview of her life and contributions to medicine including her 1964 Nobel Prize Award.
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Walther Nernst Memorial
Walther Nernst (1846-1941) discovered the Third Law of Thermodynamics and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1920 in recognition of his work in thermochemistry. Find out more at this memorial website dedicated to the German scientist.
PBS
Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Authors: Pearl S. Buck
Biography of American author and Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck.
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