Scientists - Biographies

Science 7 Biography Research. Learn the life stories of famous scientists.

Books:

• Scientists: A library collection of all our resources that relate to the biographies of famous scientists. This collection now includes links to all the resources listed below as well.

Databases:

• Britannica LaunchPacks: Learn about the lives of famous scientists. Search for the scientist by name inside this database.

• Britannica School: Learn about the lives of famous scientists. Search for the scientist by name in the middle school level of this database.

• World Book Student: Learn about the lives of famous scientists. Search for the scientist by name inside this database.

Websites:

• Biography.com: captures the most gripping, surprising and fascinating stories about people.

• Ducksters: Search for the scientist by name inside this website.

Sites by Scientist:

• National Women's History Museum - Elizabeth Blackwell: The first woman in America to receive a medical degree.

• Thought.co - Alexander Graham Bell: inventor of the telephone.

• History.com - George Washington Carver: an agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts (though not peanut butter, as is often claimed), sweet potatoes and soybeans.

• The Nobel Prize - Marie Curie: won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1903.

• National Geographic - Charles Darwin: Charles Darwin and his observations while aboard the HMS Beagle, changed the understanding of evolution on Earth.

• Eastman Museum - George Eastman: George Eastman was an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, and the pioneer of popular photography and motion picture film.

• History.com - Thomas Edison: Thomas Edison was a prolific inventor and savvy businessman.

• The Nobel Prize - Albert Einstein: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921.

• History.com - Benjamin Franklin: One of the leading figures of early American history.

• Jane Goodall Institute: Jane Goodall braved a realm of unknowns to give the world a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives.

• StephenHawking.org: an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author.

• National Women's History Museum - Maria Mitchell: The first female astronomer in the United States.

• History,com - Isaac Newton: Isaac Newton is best know for his theory about the law of gravity.

• National Women's History Museum - Sally Ride: Sally Ride was the first American woman in space.

• National Library of Medicine - Jonas Salk: an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines.

• History.com - Nikola Tesla: Serbian-American engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) made dozens of breakthroughs in the production, transmission and application of electric power.

• The Nobel Prize - James Watson: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962.