100 Most Popular Scientists for Young Adults: Biographical Sketches and Professional Paths Haven Kendall
100 Most Popular Scientists for Young Adults: Biographical Sketches and Professional Paths Haven Kendall Revealing the career histories of successful 20th century scientists, this exciting resource…
Specifikacia 100 Most Popular Scientists for Young Adults: Biographical Sketches and Professional Paths Haven Kendall
100 Most Popular Scientists for Young Adults: Biographical Sketches and Professional Paths Haven Kendall
Revealing the career histories of successful 20th century scientists, this exciting resource offers students fascinating reads, a wonderful research tool, and tips to launching a science career. They will also find information about many Nobel Prize winners and such familiar personalities as Sally Ride, Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, Jacques Cousteau, Dian Fossey, and Margaret Mead. They'll learn about Robert Ballard, the oceanographer who discovered the Titanic; Annie Wauneka, who eradicated TB among the Navajo; and Chien-Shiung Wu, a physicist who worked on the Manhattan project.
Descriptions of each scientist's most important contributions and biographical sketches are accompanied by words of advice to today's students who wish to establish a science career. Physical, earth, and life sciences are represented, with a focus on contemporary North Americans. Photos of some of the