Wamego
High School Library
In the following table, boldfaced names indicate an individual biography is available (921) in the WHS library (look under the biographee's last name, i.e., 912 MEN for Mendel). Numbers following the names refer to the following texts, which contain information about the person or the persons work. These texts can be found in the WHS Library by the accompanying call number.
| Avogadro - 6 | Kepler - 6 |
| Boyle 3, 6 | LaChatelier - |
| Bohr 3, 6, 7 | Linnaeus - 6 |
| Bowen - | Lavoisier 3, 6 |
| Cavendish - 6 | Michelson 3, 5, 6, 7 |
| Curie (Pierre, Marie) 3, 6 | Mendel 1, 6 |
| Copernicus - 6 | Melnelev - |
| Criolis - 6 | Maury - |
| Crick 1, 6, 7 | Mohs - 6 |
| Darwin - 6 | Newton 2, 3, 6 |
| Dalton - 6 | Nansen - |
| Einstein 3, 4, 6, 7 | Pasteur 1, 3, 4, 6 |
| Fermi 3, 6, 7 | Rutherford - 6 |
| Graham - 6 | Richter - 6 |
| Hawking - 6, 7 | Stembers - |
| Hardy - | Watson 1, 6 |
| Hutton - 6 | Wegener - |
| Hubble - 6 | Weinberg - 6 |
| Joule - 6 | Watt - 3 |
| Clark (Eugenie) - 7 | Goodall - 7 |
| Gould (Stephen Jay) - 7 |
1. Famous men of modern biology 920 BER
2. Men of mathematics 920 BEL
3. Scientists behind the inventors 920 BUR
4. Great Lives 920 LAW
5. Modern Great Americans 920 LAW
6. Men and women of science (World Book Ency. of Science, v.8)
Ref 500 WOR
7. 100 Most Popular Scientists for Young Adults - 920 HAV
8. The Scientist Within You: Women Scientists from Seven
Continents - 920.72 WAROther Useful Resources for Scientific Biography
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Ref 503 McG
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Astronomy Ref 523 McG
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Chemistry Ref 540.3 McG
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Physics Ref 530.03 McG
- Encyclopedia of Biological Sciences Ref 570.3 GRA
- Cambridge Encyclopedia of Earth Science Ref 550 CAM
- Scientific American Science Desk Reference - Ref 500 SCI
- World of Biology - Ref 570 WOR
Web Sites for Scientific Biography
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- A&E's Biography Database - A&E has gathered a database of over 20,000 brief profiles with links to web sites. http://www.biography.com/find/find.html
- Academy of Achievement - This is a multimedia experience, designed as a virtual museum to "bring the inspiring life stories of this century's eminent achievers to the fingertips of every student, teacher, and parent." In the Gallery of Achievers, visitors explore profiles of heroes in the Halls of Arts, Business, Public Service, Science & Exploration, Sports, and the American Dream. Biographies are suplemented by interviews and quotes, and include audio and video of their subjects. http://achievement.org/mainmenu.html
- Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences - Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering. The accomplishments of the past and present can serve as pathfinders to present and future engineers and scientists. http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/faces.htm
- Lives, the Biography Resource - Claims to be the "largest guide to biography sites on the Web." Lives is an excellent index; the content is not original. Searches link to thousands of Web sites containing biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, and oral histories. Browse alphabetically by name, search by era, region, or profession, or examine such special collections as African American, Women, U.S. Civil War, Holocaust Survivors and Rescuers, or Canadians. http://amillionlives.com/
- 4000 Years of Women in Science - The list includes astronomers, physicists, mathematicians, chemists, natural philosophers, inventors, writers and many others. Physicians are not included. http://crux.astr.us.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html
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