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Author: Christine Stephanie Nicholls
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 1046
ISBN-13: 9780312175689
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains over ten thousand alphabetically arranged biographies of people from around the world and throughout history who have made significant contributions in a wide variety of fields, and includes photographs, quotations, suggested reading lists, and a chronological index.
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Published: 1906
Total Pages: 648
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes cumulative subject index of the entire set. 1 v.
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 554
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.
Author: Margaretta Jolly
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-12-04
Total Pages: 1141
ISBN-13: 1136787445
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Suzanne Michele Bourgoin
Publisher: Gale Group
Published: 1998
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ISBN-13: 9780787629397
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents brief biographical sketches which provide vital statistics as well as information on the importance of the person listed.
Author: Wayne A. Wiegand
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-01-28
Total Pages: 740
ISBN-13: 1135787506
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 1994. This book focuses on the historical development of the library as an institution. Its contents assume no single theoretical foundation or philosophical perspective but instead reflect the richly diverse opinions of its many contributors. This text is intended to serve as a reference tool for undergraduate and graduate students interested in library history, for library school educators whose teaching requires knowledge of the historical development of library institutions, services, and user groups, and for practicing library professionals.
Author: David Pietrusza
Publisher: Total/Sports Illustrated
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781892129345
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBaseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia is the perfect companion to the ultimate classic baseball reference work, Total Baseball. Whereas Total Baseball, now in its sixth edition, lists the statics of every player in major league history, Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia reveals the stories of 2,000 of the national pastime's greatest movers and shakers.
Author: David Crystal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998-04-16
Total Pages: 1264
ISBN-13: 9780521630993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia is the authoritative single-volume reference work on people, both living and dead. In addition to its thousand or more pages of A-Z entries, the book offers an invaluable Ready Reference section with lists of political leaders and rulers, Nobel Prizewinners, patron saints, sports champions and many more. Acclaimed on its first publication in 1994 as a new kind of biographical reference book, the Encyclopedia is now established as a reliable source of information on over 26,000 people, fully cross-referenced. The book's international coverage and devotion to important figures - both historical and contemporary - in science and the arts as well as sports and popular personalities make it unique. This Second Edition has been comprehensively updated and supplemented with new entries.
Author: Paul A. Pelletier
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 408
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKArranged alphabetically, this biographical reference on scientists lists over 14,000 significant scientists whose biographies appear in 330 collective biographies. The emphasis is on books published since 1960. Entries include specialities, birth and death dates, and bibliographic sources.
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780750302876
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists: Second Edition, 2 Volume Set examines the lives and careers of noteworthy scientists and thinkers through the ages, illuminating the progress of science and its impact on society in general. From Aristotle and the beginnings of objective observations, to twentieth century giants, Freud and Hawking, this extensive in-depth reference explores the men and women who have shaped our ideas and the world in which we live today. Extensively revised and updated, this second edition comprises two substantial illustrated volumes that contain over 2,000 biographical entries and over half a million words. It looks and reads like a "Who's Who" of the world of scientific thought, providing an in-depth listing of prominent historical as well as modern figures of science and medicine. The main biographical entries are arranged alphabetically and summarize the individual's life and contribution to science. The volumes also include a chronology of the history of science from 590 BC to the present, a subject index, and a bibliography of key publications in the history of scientific thought. For anyone researching the world of scientific personalities and ideas, this unique reference work will be indispensable.
