SeriesOxford Portraits in Science

20 Works Popularity 22,672 (341 Members) 697 Books 5 Reviews 3.5
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Alexander Graham Bell: Making Connections by Naomi Pasachoff 40 copies
Charles Babbage and the Engines of Perfection by Bruce Collier 66 copies, 1 review
Charles Darwin and the Evolution Revolution by Rebecca Stefoff 48 copies
Enrico Fermi and the Revolutions of Modern Physics by Dan Cooper 32 copies
Ernest Rutherford and the Explosion of Atoms by J. L. Heilbron 16 copies
Francis Crick and James Watson: And the Building Blocks of Life by Edward Edelson 24 copies
Galileo Galilei: First Physicist by James MacLachlan 47 copies
Gregor Mendel: And the Roots of Genetics by Edward Edelson 45 copies, 2 reviews
Isaac Newton: And the Scientific Revolution by Gale E. Christianson 51 copies
Ivan Pavlov: Exploring the Animal Machine by Daniel Todes 14 copies
Johannes Kepler and the New Astronomy by James R. Voelkel 54 copies, 1 review
Linus Pauling and the Chemistry of Life by Tom Hager 40 copies, 1 review
Louis Pasteur and the Hidden World of Microbes by Louise E. Robbins 21 copies
Margaret Mead: Coming of Age in America by Joan Mark 19 copies
Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity by Naomi Pasachoff 50 copies
Michael Faraday: Physics and Faith by Colin A. Russell 28 copies
Nicolaus Copernicus: Making the Earth a Planet by Owen Gingerich 31 copies
Sigmund Freud: Explorer of the Unconscious by Margaret Muckenhoupt 23 copies
Thomas Alva Edison: Inventing the Electric Age by Gene Adair 36 copies
William Harvey and the Mechanics of the Heart by Jole Shackelford 12 copies

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Oxford Portraits in Science is an on-going series of scientific biographies for young adults. Written by top scholars and writers, each biography examines the personality of its subject as well as the thought process leading to his or her discoveries. These illustrated biographies combine accessible technical information with compelling personal stories to portray the scientists whose work has shaped our understanding of the natural world.http://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/o/oxford-portraits-in-science-opss/?cc=us&lang=en (English, Unclassified)

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