Pbs: People & Discoveries Niels Bohr

How do we know so much about the atom? Explore the evolution of the atomic model through a video from an informative chemistry lessons playlist. The narrator describes how our view of atoms and subatomic particles has changed from...

PBS People and Discoveries offers an excellent, if brief, sketch of Rosalind Franklin's character and life.

A lovely biographical piece about Ernest Rutherford. A number of personal notes, along with extensive information about the physics work he did. Nice quote at the end.

Part of the PBS website, an article documenting the life and work of Edwin Hubble.

Learn about the life and discoveries scientist that completely changed our view of the atom, Niels Bohr in this article.

A Science Odyssey biography of Jonas Salk from PBS, noted medical scientist who discovered the vaccine for polio. Easy to read format with link to "Paralyzing Polio," a colorfully animated and interactive comic strip. Links also...

Website for the PBS series "A Science Odyssey." Numerous opportunities to explore the people and discoveries of science.

Discusses models of the atom developed by John Dalton, J.J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, and James Chadwick. Includes clear illustrations and a short comprehension exercise at the end.

At this PBS site there is a biography of the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger who lived from 1887 until 1961.

This PBS site details the work of Alexander Fleming in the discovery of lysozyme and later penicillin. Links available to related information in People and Discoveries at the PBS site.