William Harvey showed the world that the heart is actually a pump that circulates blood thoughout the body.

A biography of the cloth merchant-turned-scientist who made many discoveries examining microsopic life.

"A biography of eighteenth-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who established the modern system of classifying plants and animals"--Provided by publisher.

"A biography of seventeenth-century Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo and includes related activities for readers"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of the noted French scientist whose discoveries, including a rabies vaccine and the process of pasteurization, had important practical applications in both medicine and industry.

"A biography of fifteenth-century Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who theorized that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe and that all the planets, including the earth, revolved around the sun"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of the Danish physicist who won a Nobel Prize for his discoveries about the nature of the atom, saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis, and, after helping to develop the atomic bomb, campaigned for peaceful uses of atomic energy.

Discusses the life and work of the brilliant physicist who has overcome the challenges of ALS to become one of the foremost scientists of the twentieth century.

"Learn about the Russian scientist who introduced the idea of conditioned reflexes in behavior."--From source other than the Library of Congress

Chronicles the life and career of the genius physicist, from his youth in Germany to his groundbreaking work on relativity, gravity, space, and time.