Concise Dictionary of Scientific Biography - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684806312 ISBN 13: 9780684806310

Publisher: Charles Scribner & Sons, 2000

Synopsis

This is the first new edition of the acclaimed Dartmouth Medal--winning Dictionary since 1981. It integrates the 5, 100 biographies from the base set with the 400 biographies found in the Supplement, and includes photos and portraits of the most-studied scientists. Most important, the Concise Dictionary Of Scientific Biography is comprehensively indexed by theme and subject for the first time, making it a true historical resource, and more than a compendium of biographies.

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Review:

"The best English-language collective biography for deceased people who have made important contributions in the natural sciences and medicine is "Dictionary of Scientific Biography" (1970-80, reprinted 1981- ), sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies. The set, which contains articles and bibliographies concerning more than 4,500 scientists who died before 1981, currently consists of 16 volumes and two supplements. The cost of the set has prevented many libraries from acquiring it. To meet the needs of those libraries, two concise, one-volume editions have been published to act as handy guides to the larger set, this second edition of which updates the first (CH, Jan'82). Although it lists everyone from the parent set, the length of each entry runs about ten percent as long as the original, and the personal bibliographies have been dropped. The biggest bonuses, however, are its lists of scientists by nationality and by field and its extensive index of persons and subjects. Although numerous special biographical dictionaries of scientists are in print, this volume will meet the broadest requirements for this information."
--" CHOICE" (April 2001)

From Booklist:

Here is a revised one-volume abridgement (the first abridged edition appeared in 1981) of the Dictionary of Scientific Biography and its two supplements. It includes all the scientists covered in the parent volumes and adds 350 illustrations. Entry length, however, is reduced by about 90 percent. The scientists who are covered died before 1981. REVWR
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About this edition

• Publisher: Charles Scribner & Sons
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0684806312
• ISBN 13: 9780684806310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1128
• Editor: Clark C.E.