Scientists
By: Jenny Vaughan
Series: Great Britons, 20 lives in brief; Great Britons
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780749674694
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Biography; Scientists
Description: Each book in the 'Great Britons' series contains 20 themed biographies of famous British people. The titles are clear, concise and to the point, and shaded panels within mention other notable figures. A glossary, and some useful websites and places to visit are given at the end.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
Table of contents: title: John Dee; title: Robert Boyle; title: Sir Isaac Newton; title: Edmond Halley; title: Sir William Herschel; title: Michael Faraday; title: Charles Babbage; title: Mary Anning; title: Charles Darwin; title: William Thomson, Lord Kelvin; title: James Clerk Maxwell; title: Ernest Rutherford; title: Joseph Rotblat; title: Dorothy Hodgkin; title: Alan Turing; title: Francis Crick; title: Stephen Hawking; title: Sir John Sulston; title: Jocelyn Bell Burnell; title: Susan Greenfield.