Lives of . . .: Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought) (Hardcover)

from SuPendleton

This is a fun book of biographies to read - I read 7 biographies and plan to finish the book this summer. I am not usually drawn to biographies, but the author's sense of humor made me want to keep reading. I can easily see students picking this book up and reading about the lives of these scient...

from themulhern

Fun book, passing on some facts and some fables about famous scientists. Lively and entertaining. The illustrations are clever and accomplished. The heads of the scientists are much enlarged, while their diminutive bodies are surrounded by the symbology of their scientific accomplishments and oth...

from HadleyAdkins

"Lives of Scientists" explores the personal lives of some of the world's greatest scientists. This book not only explains these individuals' contribution to the scientific community, but discusses who they were as people, how they worked (or didn't) with others, their hobbies, and their families....

from vivirielle

Scientists have made discoveries that change our world, but they were also real people who irritated their neighbors and had favorite foods. The book details lives of scientists Zhang Heng, Ibn Sina, Galileo, Isaac Netwon, William and Caroline Herschel, Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Ivan Pavlov,...

from kvelin

This book has short biographies and interesting tid-bits on the lives of influential scientists. This book would be a great way to introduce a topic and get gets thinking. It could also help build background knowledge before diving deeper into a specific subject.