100 Scientists Who Shaped World History

by John Hudson Tiner

Book Overview

Learn all about the fascinating lives and tremendous impact of 100 extraordinary scientists from all over the world with this fact-filled biography collection for kids

Educational and engaging, 100 Scientists Who Shaped World History features:

Simple, easy-to-read text that has been freshly updatedIllustrated portraits of each figureFascinating facts about famous and lesser-known scientistsA timeline, trivia questions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0912517395
• ISBN13: 9780912517391
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Explore
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 10

Customer Reviews

A fine introductory anthology

Perhaps it does not contain all the names it should. And perhaps it does include a few women for whom could be substituted male scientists who had achieved more, but in general this is a fine introductory anthology to the work of distinguished scientists. A caveat however is in the fact that much scientific work is team work, especially today. If Watson is on the list why isn't Crick? Three great minds not on the list are John von Neumann, Norbert Weiner, and Kurt Godel. There too is no real representation of scientists working in the past forty years, arguably the most revolutionary period in the ' life- sciences' Mankind has ever known. Still it tells the story of a fair share of Mankind's greatest scientists to this point.

This is a good book

This is a good bookYes, George Washington Carver was an accomplished scientist.His work developed 325 products from peanuts, 108 applications for sweet potatoes, and 75 products from pecans, including a substitute for rubber and more that 500 dyes and pigments.And it is believed that he was born in 1865 though that is not recorded.

Highly recommended for school & community libraries.

100 Scientists Who Shaped World History showcases great men and women of science who significantly contributed to our understanding of the physical world around us. These biographies are designed so that the scientific ideas presented in them are totally accessible for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in science and science history. All fields of science and scientific inquiry are represented. Highly recommended for school and community library collections, 100 Scientists Who Shaped World History is enhanced with more than 100 illustrates, locator maps, a fun trivia quiz, timeline, index, and suggested projects.