Janice VanCleave’s Scientists Through the Ages

Travel the world and through time to meet twenty-five influential thinkers in astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics. Each section includes a short biography of scientists such as Archimedes, Thomas Edison, Maria Mitchell, and Alhazen, an experiment that examines some of their most important contributions, explanation of the results, extension ideas, and a bibliography for further reading.  This resources offers a wonderful opportunity for putting a human face on science.