Biographies of Scientists
Biographies of Scientists

Author: Roger Smith

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780810833845

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Provides more than 500 sources of information on scientists for young and adult general readers and for scholars. These sources explain scientists' accomplishments in the context of the personal and career developments that made those accomplishments possible

Biographies of Scientists for Sci-Tech Libraries
Biographies of Scientists for Sci-Tech Libraries

Author: Tony Stankus

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-12-05

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1000755118

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This book, first published in 1991, is an invaluable guide to biographies of scientists from a wide variety of scientific fields. The books selected for this highly descriptive bibliography help librarians shatter readers’ stereotypes of scientists as monomaniacal and uninteresting people by providing interesting and provocative titles to capture the interest of students and other readers. The biographies included in this very special bibliography were carefully selected for their humour and human insights to give future scientists encouragement, inspiration, and an understanding of the origins of particular 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 well-known contributions or Nobel prize accomplishments.

Beyond History of Science
Beyond History of Science

Author: Elizabeth Garber

Publisher: Lehigh University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780934223119

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This collection focuses on the intellectual development of the sciences, their relationships with technology, and their place in culture in general including a proposed realignment of science, technology, and art.

The Earth Sciences
The Earth Sciences

Author: Roy Porter

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-10-24

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 100068248X

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Originally published in 1983, The Earth Sciences: An Annotated Bibliography is a compact and thematically organized guide that provides comprehensive access to themes and areas of study in the earth sciences. The bibliography is not exhaustive but provides a detailed and critical index to the most important literature in the field. The book’s core focus is geology and examines the subject broadly, covering everything from glaciology, geomorphology, natural history and palaeontology, to oceanography, mapping, stratigraphy and evolution. The book provides detailed essays for each bibliographical chapter on the state of each field of research and the literature compiled for each bibliography will go as far back as around 1700 and contains a wide range of sources from across the world. This book will be of interest to academics and students of natural history, geology, and environmental sciences alike.

Frederic W. Harmer: A Scientific Biography
Frederic W. Harmer: A Scientific Biography

Author: John A. Kington

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-06-25

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 331907704X

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Comprising the first definitive account of the geological and palaeometeorological studies made by the British geologist, Frederic W. Harmer (1835-1924) this book contributes a previously missing chapter to the history of science. The main objective of the author is to ensure that the scientific work of Harmer, which unfortunately has been widely neglected or forgotten, becomes more generally known and acknowledged. The balance of this deficiency will be redressed by bringing to light in this volume his contributions to the history of science to an audience of academic and lay readers of the current literature.