Biographies of Scientists for Sci-Tech Libraries: Adding Faces to the Facts

ISBN-13: 9780367433512 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 236 str.

Tony Stankus

Opis

This book, first published in 1991, is an invaluable guide to biographies of scientists from a wide variety of scientific fields. These biographies are unique in that they explore the whole personality of the scientist, giving students a glimpse at the variety and drama of the lives beyond the well-known.

Spis treści

1. Preface Cynthia A. Steinke  2. Introduction Tony Stankus  3. Mathematical Biographies: Profiles and Sources of Information on Eighteen Mathematicians Virgil Diodato and Michael Tolan  4. Computer Revolutionaries: A Guide to the Literature of Pioneers in Computing Charles Matthews  5. Biographies of Physicists: An Annotated Bibliography Donna E. Cromer  6. Lives of Chemists Gayle Baker and Marie Garrett  7. Biography in the Geological Sciences Flossie E. Wise  8. A Selection of Biographies of Animal Scientists Flora Cobb  9. Plant Breeders and Plant Geneticists: Biographical Information Dena Rae Thomas  10. Founders of Medical Techniques and Inventions: An Annotated Bibliography Andrea R. Testi

O autorze

Tony Stankus