Provides biographical information on 1300 eminent scientists and technologists. Includes an appendix, chronological table of birth and death dates, and a subject index.

Over 1100 scientists, no longer living, from earliest times to the present. Intended for general readers, as well as for students. Alphabetical arrangement by names. Initialed entries include lengthy biographical information and references. Appendixes of anniversary dates and of scientists mentioned in book but not as full biographical entries.

Provides more than 500 sources of information on scientists for young and adult general readers and for scholars. These sources explain scientists' accomplishments in the context of the personal and career developments that made those accomplishments possible