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Books in Pioneers of science and discovery series

  • Louis Pasteur and Microbiology

    Harold Ivor Winner

    Hardcover (Priory Press Limited, June 1, 1980)
    None
  • James Cook: Scientist and explorer

    Trevor Illtyd Williams

    Hardcover (Priory Press, March 15, 1974)
    None
  • John Logie Baird and television

    Michael Hallett

    Hardcover (Priory Press, March 15, 1978)
    A very readable account of the early work on Television of John Logie Baird, a major British inventor and innovator of television
  • Alfred Nobel; pioneer of high explosives

    Trevor Illtyd Williams

    Hardcover (Priory Press, March 15, 1974)
    None
  • Marie Stopes and birth control

    Harry Verdon Stopes-Roe

    Hardcover (Priory Press, March 15, 1974)
    Book by Roe, H.V.Stopes, Scott, Ian
  • Galileo and the Birth of Modern Science

    Martin Suggett

    Hardcover (Hodder Wayland, Aug. 25, 1999)
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  • Pioneers of Science: Karl Benz

    Brian Williams

    Hardcover (Hodder & Stoughton Childrens Division, April 30, 1991)
    From the Pioneers of Science series, a picture book biography of Karl Friedrich Benz. Benz was a German engine designer and car engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the petrol-powered automobile, and together with Bertha Benz, a pioneering founder of the automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz.
  • Pioneers of Science: Thomas Edison

    Nina Morgan

    Hardcover (Hodder & Stoughton Childrens Division, June 30, 1991)
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  • Karl Benz

    Brian Williams

    Library Binding (Bookwright Pr, Oct. 1, 1991)
    A biography of the German engineer and inventor who pioneered in building motor-driven vehicles
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  • James Watt and the Power of Steam

    Andrew Nahum

    Hardcover (Wayland, Aug. 27, 1981)
    James Watt and the Power of Steam - Describes the life of this scientist, artisan, engineer, and designer who developed the steam engine. Subjects Watt, James, -- 1736-1819. Steam engineering -- Juvenile literature. Steam engineering.
  • Archimedes

    Peter Lafferty

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Aug. 1, 1991)
    Examines the life, discoveries, and contributions of the ancient Greek mathematician who introduced mechanics, mathematical formulas, and experimental science
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  • Joseph Lister

    Douglas McTavish

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Aug. 1, 1992)
    Explores the life and work of Joseph Lister, the "father of modern surgery"
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