Provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times are represented.
Also available online as part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library under the title Complete dictionary of scientific biography.
Dictionary of scientific biography
Also available online as part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library under the title Complete dictionary of scientific biography.
Offers brief profiles of the lives and careers of more than five thousand scientists from all periods of history.
Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Over 1100 scientists, no longer living, from earliest times to the present. Intended for general readers, as well as for students. Alphabetical arrangement by names. Initialed entries include lengthy biographical...
This 9 volume standard reference source contains more than 5,000 biographies of mathematicians and natural scientists from all countries and from all historical periods.
Source contains more than 5,000 biographies of mathematicians and natural scientists from all countries and from all historical periods.
The New Dictionary of Scientific Biography (DSB) is a major addition to the magisterial compilation of scientific biographies edited by Charles Gillispie and published by Charles Scribner’s Sons between 1970...
Vol. 1. Neils Abel-René Descartes. Vol. 2. Leonard Dickson-Al-Khwarizmi. Vol. 3. T homas Kirkman - Isaac Newton. Vol. 4. Jerzy Neyman-Niccoló Zucchi, Chronology. Index.