The great scientists

By John Farndon

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, Scientists, biography, Scientists, Science, History, Science, history

Description: "From the Greek mathematicians Euclid and Archimedes, whose work is even now required reading, to the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, the greatest practitioners from a wide range of scientific disciplines are represented here. Each entry gives a biographical background of its subject and a description of the main themes of their work, together with concise expositions of some of their key ideas."--Jacket.