Biography: Science, Technology & Medicine

Using the Parallel Lives approach adopted by the Greek biographer Plutarch, noted historian of astronomy William Sheehan contrasts the lives and re...

The names 'Keith Duckworth' and 'DFV' are practically synonymous, such is the reputation of the famous F1 racing engine which he designed. Whilst ...

Dyma gyfrol syn rhoi darlun o fywyd a gwaith y ffisegydd o Gymro, yr Athro Evan James Williams, gr a gafodd ei ddisgrifio fel un or gwyddonwyr mwya...

To escape the tough streets of Southeast Washington, D.C. in the late 1980s, young Rodney Stotts would ride the metro to the Smithsonian National Z...

In 1867, John Muir set out on foot to explore the botanical wonders of the South, keeping a detailed journal of his adventures as he traipsed from ...

A fascinating, well-documented biography. --New York Times Book Review A monumental effort. --New York Review of Books An excellent piece of scie...

'To be a good doctor you have to be a compassionate chameleon, a shape shifter - a shaman. Even if your adaptation to your patients' world happens ...

The first biography of the writer/naturalist, and one of the leading founders of the modern environmental movement, Henry Beston. In September of 1...

Filling notebook after notebook with sketches, inventions, and theories, Leonardo da Vinci (14521519) not only stands as one of the most exceptiona...

Much has been written about Neil Armstrong, America's modern hero and history's most famous space traveler. Yet shy of fame and never one to steal ...

This is the 17th Volume in the series Memorial Tributes compiled by the National Academy of Engineering as a personal remembrance of the lives and ...

As the pioneer of modern neuroscience, Santiago Ramón y Cajal may be the most influential figure in the history of biology youve never heard of. Al...