A biography of the Italian Renaissance artist and inventor who was recognized as one of the cleverest men of his time.

This book discusses how religion is related to physics; the quest for the earth's age; nature's clock; geochronology, plus much more.

This book discusses the ancients to ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo, the laws of motion, and the geometry of space.

This book discusses the beginnings of chemistry; elements and compounds; the atom; the world of the quantum, and much more.

Chronicles the history of scientific speculation and research on the speed of light, from Classical ideas to modern measurements. Also includes a glossary and lists of related organizations, books, and Web sites.

Reviews discoveries that led to mankind's understanding that the cell is the fundamental unit of living material in all organisms, and how that understanding has impacted the science of biology.

This new reference series describes and illustrates through stimulating texts, feature boxes and chronologies, and innovative imagery, the lives, discoveries, and theories of great scientists and thinkers. Includes: Aristotle/the thoughts and discoveries fo following civilizations; James Watt, thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell/inventions that provided the foundations of the Industrial Revolution; and many more.