Portraits of Great American Scientists

ISBN 10: 1573929328 / ISBN 13: 9781573929325

Published by Prometheus, 2001

From a private library with a call number tag on the spine, otherwise clean and tight. Seller Inventory # mon0000586144

Synopsis:

These fifteen biographies, written by promising young students from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, reveal the many interesting human factors that influenced the lives of successful scientists: how they chose their individual career paths, what obstacles they had to overcome along the way, and where they think science will lead society in the future. They also convey the excitement of discovery that both these established scientists and their young biographers share as they explore their particular scientific interests.

About the Author: Leon M. Lederman, Nobel Laureate (Batavia, IL) is the author of "Beyond the God Particle," "Quantum Physics for Poets, " and "Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe "(coauthored with Christopher T. Hill), as well as "The God Particle" (with Dick Teresi). He has served as the editor of "Portraits of Great American Scientists" and a contributor to "Science Literacy for the Twenty-First Century." He is formerly the Resident Scholar at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and Pritzker Professor of Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and he is director emeritus of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Judith A. Scheppler, Ph.D. (Chicago, IL), is the Coordinator of Student Inquiry and Director of the Grainger Center for Imagination and Inquiry at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. She is also the coauthor of "Biotechnology Explorations: Applying the Fundamentals."

Bibliographic Details

Title: Portraits of Great American Scientists
Publisher: Prometheus
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very good