Beakman's World: Beakman's Book of Dead Guys and Gals of Science
By: written by Luann Colombo ; illustrated by Peter Georgeson.
Series: Beakman's World
Publisher: Andrews and McMeel
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Kansas City
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Scientists.
Notes: "From the hit TV show "Beakman's World"!"--Cover.
Table of contents: label: Introduction
title: 6; label: Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), Reasons for Seasons
title: 8; label: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Gravity and the Tower Toss
title: 12; label: Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727),	The Laws of Motion
title: 16; label: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), Kite in a Thunderstorm
title: 20; label: Montgolfier Brothers, Hot Air Balloon; label: Joseph-Michel (1740-1810),
title: 24; label: Jacques-Etienne (1745-1799),
title: 24; label: Edward Jenner	(1749-1823), Smallpox Vaccine
title: 28; label: Maria Mitchell (1818-1889), Telescopic Comet
title: 32; label: Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1893), Light Bulb
title: 36; label: Alexander Graham Bell	(1847-1922), Telephone
title: 40; label: Marie Curie (1867-1934), Radioactivity
title: 44; label: Albert Einstein (1879-1955), Relativity: E=mc2
title: 48; label: Robert Goddard (1882-1945), Roket Engines
title: 52; label: Louis S. B. Leakey (1903-1972), Human Fossils
title: 56; label: Philo T. Farnsworth (1906-1971), Electronic Television
title: 60