A biography of the American doctor and medical researcher who helped to develop successful influenza and polio vaccines, then turned his attention to vaccines for cancer and AIDS prevention.
A biography of the noted French scientist whose discoveries, including a rabies vaccine and the process of pasteurization, had important practical applications in both medicine and industry
Stephen Hawking is among one of the most inspiring persons of our time. His work in the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics has been significant. This title includes primary sources, sidebars, prompts and activities, charts and graphs, and much more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.
Discusses the life and career of the sixteenth-century Polish astronomer who was the first man to assert, in print, the theory that the Earth moves around the sun.
Examines the impact of one of the most important pioneers of modern science, Robert Hooke, whose breadth of interests have influenced nearly every field of science and for whom Hooke's law--the law of elasticity--is named.
Discusses the life and work of the brilliant physicist who has overcome the challenges of ALS to become one of the foremost scientists of the twentieth century.
Profiles the life of the eighteenth-century Swedish naturalist whose scientific naming of plants and animals provided an international language of nature.
Discusses the life and career of the sixteenth-century Polish astronomer who was the first man to assert, in print, the theory that the Earth moves around the sun.
Adamant in his beliefs that varied from the Roman Catholic Church and speaking publicly on behalf of his discoveries, Galileo suffered the wrath of those in power and ended up spending the rest of his life under house arrest for his actions which, in the end, turned out to be right.