The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists - Hardcover

 
9780195216639: The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0195216636 ISBN 13: 9780195216639
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

The third edition of this acclaimed reference work offers more than 1,280 concise, authoritative portraits of the men and women of science throughout the ages. Covering every field--from astronomy to zoology, the pure sciences as well as engineering and technology, the new edition of the Dictionary features more than 80 new entries that add the richer representation of contemporary and women scientists--such as Stanley Prusiner, winner of the Nobel Prize for medicine, and Sofia Kovalevskaya, the Russian mathematician. The biographies, ranging in length from 500 to 1,200 words, clearly present each scientist's contributions; they also provide fascinating insights into the workings of scientific discovery and validation. TheDictionary features 150 illustrations, updated historical overviews of the major sciences, chronologies, quotations, bibliographies, tables of scientific discoveries and Nobel Prize winners, and an enlarged glossary. Praise for the first edition: "Excellent...recommended."--Reference Books Bulletin "Recommended for all public and academic collections."--Choice "Makes informative and enjoyable reading....a valuable resource."--Mathematics Teacher

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About the Author


About the Editor
Consultant editor Roy Porter is Reader in the Social History of Medicine at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in London. He is the author of English Society in the Eighteenth Century (1982), A Social History of Madness (1987), and has co-edited the Macmillan Dictionary of the History of Science (1981).

Review


Praise for the first edition:


"Makes informative and enjoyable reading....a valuable resource."--Mathematics Teacher


"Excellent....recommended."--Reference Books Bulletin


"Recommended for all public and academic collections."--Choice


"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195216636
ISBN 13 
9780195216639
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
3
Number of pages
1214
Editor
Porter Roy, Ogilvie Marilyn

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