Janice VanCleave's Scientists Through the Ages

Profiles of some of history's greatest scientists-- and fun experiments that demonstrate their theories! Janice VanCleave's Scientists Through the Ages profiles the lives and work of more than twenty-five important thinkers in astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics. This exciting book includes short biographies of the scientists, descriptions of their contributions to science, and simple experiments that reveal some of their most important discoveries. You'll meet scientists from every part of the world and every age, from Archimedes to Einstein, Galileo Galilei to Maria Mitchell, and Mary Anning to Marie Curie. Every experiment can be performed at home or in the classroom with safe, inexpensive materials. So find out how these famous scientists made life better for all of us, and start your own explorations with these fun and easy experiments!

Acknowledgments v Introduction 1 Part I. Types of Scientists 3 1. Astronomers 4 2. Biologists 9 3. Chemists 13 4. Earth Scientists 17 5. Physicists 22 Part Ii. Scientists 27 6. Alhazen 28 7. Mary Anning 31 8. Archimedes 35 9. Alexander Graham Bell 39 10. Rachel Carson 43 11. Marie and Pierre Curie 47 12. Thomas Alva Edison 52 13. Albert Einstein 56 14. Alexander Fleming 62 15. Benjamin Franklin 66 16. Galileo Galilei 71 17. Caroline and William Herschel 77 18. Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier 81 19. Henrietta Leavitt 85 20. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek 89 21. Maria Mitchell 93 22. Sir Isaac Newton 97 23. Louis Pasteur 101 24. Sir Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) 105 25. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow 108 Appendix: Red Cabbage Indicator 111 Scientist Timeline 112 Glossary 113 Index 119