National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Jack Kilby
The integrated circuit fueled the rise of microelectronics in the latter half of the twentieth century and paved the way for the Information Age. An American engineer, Jack Kilby, invented the integrated circuit in 1958, shortly after he...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Isidor Isaac Rabi
Isidor Isaac Rabi won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for his development of a technique for measuring the magnetic characteristics of atomic nuclei. Rabi's technique was based on the resonance principle first described by Irish...
My Hero Project
My Hero: Science Hero: Benjamin Franklin
This brief article overviews some of Benjamin Franklin's accomplishments as a scientist and a political diplomat, whose efforts not only made him "one of the most famous scientists of his day," but also a hero to early American Colonists.
English Club
English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Science 4
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about famous scientists. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Louis Pasteur
Brief biographical sketch of Louis Pasteur, famous scientist whose discoveries include germ theory and vaccination.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Isaac Newton
Brief biographical sketch of Isaac Newton, famous scientist whose discoveries include the law of gravitation, three laws of motion, reflective telescope, and calculus.
Other
Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.: Stan T. Rex
Stan T. Rex is the name given to a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton that was excavated and reconstructed by the Black Hills Institute. Stan is sixty-five percent bone and among the most complete T. Rex skeletons in the world that scientists...
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Innovative Lives: Stephanie Kwolek and Kevlar, the Wonder Fiber
Smithsonian site features Stephanie Kwolek, the inventor of kevlar. Learn about her famous discovery and the road she took to get there. Contains links to read more about women inventors.
Other
The Voyage of the Beagle, Second Edition (Online Text)
Charles Darwin's famous journey is chronicled here in this online book. Read it just as it was published in 1845.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: A Brush With History
Exhibition of portraits of American heroes, statesmen, writers, artists, scientists, and historical figures draws on the paintings in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery to consider the story of America. View portraits from...
US Energy Information Administration
U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Famous People: A. Celsius
Brief biographical sketch of Anders Celsius, the Swedish scientist who developed the widely used Celsius scale for measuring temperature.
Other
Science.ca: Irene Ayako Uchida
Irene Ayako Uchida is a Canadian geneticist famous for her research into the chromosomal abnormality that indicates Down Syndrome. This is both a biographical profile, with a short video interview, as well as an explanation of the...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Svante Arrhenius
Svante Arrhenius was born in Vik, Sweden, and became the first native of that country to win the Nobel Prize. The award for chemistry was bestowed to him in honor of his theory of electrolytic dissociation. Arrhenius also developed the...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Roland Eotvos
Vasarosnamenyi Baro Eotvos Lorand, better known as Roland Eotvos or Lorand Eotvos throughout much of the world, was a Hungarian physicist who is most recognized for his extensive experimental work involving gravity, but who also made...
Princeton University
Collected Papers of Einstein: Vol 11:cumulative Index, Bibliography for Vol 1 10
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in the original language version with in-depth English language annotation readers can access. This volume serves as a cumulative index, bibliography, list of correspondence,...
Princeton University
Collected Papers of Einstein: Vol 12: The Berlin Years: Correspondence 1921 Eng
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in the English language translation. This translation volume focuses on his correspondence while iving in Berlin in 1921.
Princeton University
The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein: Volume 1: Early Years, 1879 1902 Eng
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in English. This translated volume focuses on his life from birth to early adulthood.
Princeton University
Collected Papers of Einstein: Vol 12: The Berlin Years: Correspondence 1921
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in the original language version with in-depth English language annotation readers can access. This volume focuses on his correspondence while living in Berlin in 1921.
Princeton University
Collected Papers of Einstein: Vol 13: Berlin Years: Writings 1922 1923 Eng
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in the English language translation. This translation volume focuses on his writings and correspondence from January 1922 through March 1923 while living in Berlin.
Princeton University
Collected Papers of Einstein: Vol 10: Berlin Years: Correspondence 1909 1920
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in the original language version with in-depth English language annotation readers can access. This volume focuses on his correspondence from May-December in 1920, and...
Princeton University
Collected Papers of Einstein:volume 5: Swiss Years: Correspondence,1902 1914 Eng
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in the English language translation. This translation volume focuses on his life and work in Switzerland.
Princeton University
The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein: Volume 1: Early Years, 1879 1902
A publication of Einstein's written legacy presented in the original language version with in-depth English language annotation readers can access. This volume focuses on his life from birth to early adulthood.
Princeton University
The Collected Papers of Einstein: Volume 2: Swiss Years: Writings, 1900 1909 Eng
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in the English language translation. This translation volume focuses on his life and work in Switzerland.
Princeton University
The Collected Papers of Einstein: Volume 3: Swiss Years: Writings 1909 1911
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in the original language version with in-depth English language annotation readers can access. This volume focuses on his life and work in Switzerland.
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