About this Book

Identifies over 500 sources of information about the lives of scientists for young and adult general readers and for scholars. Entries ranging from a quarter to a half page in length explain briefly what the subjects achieved worthy of biography, as well as describing the work in some detail. The works cited include books, encyclopedias, and periodicals, and both biography and autobiography. The arrangement is by discipline--the social sciences are not included--with indexes by author and subject scientist. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR