Biographical
Sources in the Sciences -- Life, Earth and Physical Science
(1989-2006)
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This guide offers a systematic approach to the wide variety
of published biographical information on men and women of science
in the life, earth and physical sciences, primarily from 1989
to 2006, and complements TB88-3 (Biographical Sources in
the Sciences, compiled 1988) and TB06-7 (Biographical
Sources in the Sciences -- General Works and National Sources,
compiled
2006). Works previously listed in TB88-3 have not been retained,
but older works which did not make it into the previous bibliography
have been included. Both historical and contemporary scientists
are covered, with emphasis on Americans. As in TB88-3, bibliographic
citations include the indication of illustrations, particularly
portraits, and the inclusion of preliminary pagination extending
to more than 13 pages and unnumbered as well as numbered series
notes.
Departing from the usual Tracer Bullet format, where one subject
is treated per publication, Biographical Resources in the
Sciences instead is being issued in three parts, General
Works and National Sources; Life, Earth and Physical Sciences
(1989-2006); and Technology
and Computer Sciences (1989-2006). Each Tracer Bullet contains
an introduction to the topic that includes basic works on biography
and a general listing of subject headings. This part, TB06-4 includes Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine Conservation; Astronomy;
Biological Sciences; Chemistry; Geology, Mineralogy, Paleontology;
Mathematics; Medical Sciences; Physics; Abstracting and Indexing
Services; Journals; and Selected Internet Resources.
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On Searching for Biographical Information
In seeking biographical information about scientists, one is
apt to encounter contrary difficulties, most easily described as "feast
or famine." Dozens of book-length biographies may be available
for the great figures, such as Newton or Darwin, while little or
nothing is ready to hand for less well known or obscure individuals.
A few suggestions may be in order for searchers confronted with
the latter situation. Look for journal articles; nowadays, authors'
affiliations are usually given, and these can provide a useful
starting point. Check membership directories of societies in the
scientist's field where varying amounts of biographical information
can often be found--at the very least, an address. If the individual
is no longer living, a death date will facilitate the search for
newspaper obituaries. If only the year of death is known, an obituary
may be found by browsing journals and/or society newsletters in
the scientist's field. The organization or institution that last
employed the scientist may be able to offer advice or assistance.
If the location of the person's home at the time of death is known,
consider addressing a query to the local library. Many libraries
keep clipping files devoted to noteworthy local residents, and
may even be able to supply addresses of surviving family members.
Published genealogies and local histories can be consulted as well.
If the scientist's educational background is known, examination
of college and university alumni magazines may produce information;
if these are not readily available, one can try contacting the
institution's alumni office.
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Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which
biographical materials on scientists and engineers can be located
in most card, book, and online catalogs, include the following:
Highly Relevant
SCIENTISTS--BIOGRAPHY
SCIENTISTS--BIOGRAPHY--DICTIONARIES
SCIENTISTS--BIOGRAPHY--DIRECTORIES
SCIENTISTS--BIOGRAPHY--INDEXES
See also subdivision BIOGRAPHY under groups of scientists,
e.g.,
"African American Mathematicians;" "African American Scientists;" "Women
Astronomers;" "Women Scientists;" "Scientists with Disabilities;" "Jewish
scientists;" "Catholic scientists;" "Muslim scientists."
SCIENTISTS--UNITED STATES--BIOGRAPHY
See also subdivisions for other countries or geographic areas, e.g., "Scientists--China--Biography;" "Scientists–India--Biography;" "Scientists–Europe--Biography;" "Scientists–Latin
America--Biography."
Relevant
MEDICINE--BIOGRAPHY
See also subdivision BIOGRAPHY under other scientific disciplines,
e.g., AERONAUTICS; ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING; PHOTOGRAPHY. Note: these headings
are used for collective biography only.
PHYSICS--BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY
See also subdivision BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY under other scientific
disciplines, e.g., GEOLOGY; MEDICINE; SCIENCE
ZOOLOGISTS--BIOGRAPHY
See also other occupational subject headings, with or without
geographic area subdivisions, e.g., ANATOMISTS; ASTRONOMERS; BIOCHEMISTS; BIOLOGISTS;
BOTANISTS; CHEMISTS; COMPUTER ENGINEERS; CONSERVATIONISTS; EARTH SCIENTISTS;
ECOLOGISTS; ENGINEERS; ENTOMOLOGISTS; GEOLOGISTS; INVENTORS; INDUSTRIALISTS;
MALACOLOGISTS; MATHEMATICIANS;
METEOROLOGISTS; MICROBIOLOGISTS; MINERALOGISTS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGISTS; MYCOLOGISTS;
NATURALISTS; OCEANOGRAPHERS; ORNITHOLOGISTS; PALEONTOLOGISTS; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICISTS;
PLANT COLLECTORS; PSYCHIATRISTS; PSYCHOLOGISTS; TECHNOLOGISTS; VETERINARIANS
Related
SCIENTISTS--ANECDOTES
SCIENTISTS--ANECDOTES, FACETIAE, SATIRE,
ETC.
SCIENTISTS--CORRESPONDENCE
SCIENTISTS--CORRESPONDENCE, REMINISCENCES, ETC.
SCIENTISTS--INTERVIEWS
SCIENTISTS--PORTRAITS
See also subdivisions ANECDOTES; ANECDOTES, FACETIAE, SATIRE,
ETC.; CORRESPONDENCE; CORRESPONDENCE, REMINISCENCES, ETC.; INTERVIEWS; and PORTRAITS
under groups of scientists, e.g., ENGINEERS; PHYSICISTS; TECHNOLOGISTS, with
or without geographic area subdivisions
More General
BIOGRAPHY
OBITUARIES
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AGRICULTURE, VETERINARY MEDICINE, CONSERVATION
Agricultural & veterinary sciences international who's who.
5TH ed. Harlow, Essex, UK, Longman Group; New York, Stockton Press, 1994. 1157p.
S415.W45 1994 <SciRR Desk>
"... contains details of over 10,800 senior
agricultural and veterinary scientists concerned with research from
132 countries." A country and subject index (p. 1125-1157) lists
names under professional fields for each of the countries included.
Axelrod, Alan, and Charles Phillips. The environmentalists: a biographical dictionary from the 17th century to the present. New York, Facts on File, 1993. xiv, 258 p. illus., ports.
Includes bibliographical references.
Treats organizations as well as individuals.
S926.A2A94 1993 <SciRR>
Becher, Anne, and others. American environmental leaders: from colonial
times to the present. Santa Barbara, CA, ABC-CLIO, 2000. 2 v. (xviii, 921
p.) illus.
Includes bibliographical references.
GE55.B43 2000 <SciRR>
Biographical dictionary of American and Canadian naturalists
and environmentalists. Edited by Keir B. Sterling and others.
Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1997. xix, 937 p.
Bibliography: p. 881-890.
QH26.B535 1997 <SciRR>
Braun, Elisabeth. Portraits in conservation, Eastern and
Southern Africa. Golden, CO, North American Press, 1995. xxxiii, 268 p.
illus., maps, ports.
Bibliography: p. 257-262.
"Each conservationist is striving to find a balanced and interactive relationship
among people, wildlife, and the environment."
QL26.B73 1995
Breton, Mary Joy. Women pioneers for the environment. Boston,
Northeastern University Press, 1998. xiv, 322 p. illus.
Bibliography: p. 305-309.
GE55.B74 1998 <SciRR>
Drum, Sue, and H. Ellen Whiteley. Women in veterinary medicine:
profiles of success. Ames, Iowa State University Press, 1991.
xv, 270 p. ports.
Biographies of 20 women.
SF612.D78 1991
Environmental activists. Edited by John Mongillo and Bibi Booth. Westport,
CT, Greenwood Press, 2001. 356 p. illus.
Includes bibliographical references.
GE55.E57 2000 <SciRR>
Holmes, Madelyn. American women conservationists: twelve profiles.
Jefferson, NC, McFarland, 2004. 202 p. illus.
"List of published writings of twelve women conservationists,” p.
191-197.
Mary Austin -- Florence Merriam Bailey -- Rosalie Edge -- Marjory Stoneman
Douglas -- Helen Nearing -- Rachel Carson -- Contemporary women conservationists
: Faith McNulty, Ann Zwinger, Sue Hubbell, Anne Labastille, Mollie Beattie,
and Terry Tempest Williams -- Conclusion, ideas for our time.
QH26.H66 2004
Marczakiewicz, August, and Jan Stepinski. Slownik biograficzny
dzialaczy kólek rolniczych. Warszawa, Krajowy Zwiazek Rolników,
Kólek i Organizacji Rolniczych, Komisja Historyczna, 1992.
157 p. ports.
S415.M26 1992
Muhm, Don, and Virginia Wadsley. Iowans who made a difference:
150 years of agricultural progress. West Des Moines, Iowa Farm
Bureau Federation, 1996. xvi, 367 p. illus., ports.
Bibliography: p. 361-367.
S415.M84 1996
Our history of women in veterinary medicine: gumption, grace, grit,
and good humor. By the Association for Women Veterinarians; compiled and edited
by Phyllis Hickney Larsen. Littleton, CO, The Association, 1997. 115 p. illus.
Bibliography: p. 105-109.
SF612.O87 1997
The Prairie practitioners: 20th century South Dakota veterinarians. Compiled and edited by Thomas B. Ludgate and Janice Ludgate Kitzler.
Freeman, SD, Pine Hill Press, 1996. 288 p. illus.
SF612.P73 1996
Scheuering, Rachel White. Shapers of the great debate on
conservation: a biographical dictionary. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 2004.
xxviii, 312 p. (Shapers of the great American debates)
Bibliography: p. 305-306.
S926.A2S36 2004
Stalheim, Ole H. V. Veterinary conversations with mid-twentieth
century leaders. Ames, Iowa State University Press, 1996. xxvi,
302 p. illus., ports.
"Bibliographic Essay": p. 299-302.
Interviews with "28 innovators who led parts of the prodigious expansion
of veterinary medicine in the 20th century."
SF612.S83 1996
Who's who of the environment. In The Environment encyclopedia
and directory. 4th ed. London, Europa Publications Limited, 2005.
p. 499-599.
GE10.E57 2005 <SciRR>
World who is who and does what in environment & conservation. Edited
by Nicholas Polunin; compiled by Lynn M. Curme. New York, St. Martin's Press;
Geneva, Foundation for Environmental Conservation, 1997. 592 p.
Supplementing the biographies is an appendix providing names and brief information
arranged by country, and another with listings of names under very narrow specialties.
GE55.W67 1997 <SciRR>
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ASTRONOMY
Bhathal, R. S. Australian astronomers: achievements at the frontiers
of astronomy. Canberra, National Library of Australia, 1996. 236 p. illus.,
ports.
Bibliography: p. 229-232.
Interviews with 18 astronomers.
QB35.B48 1996
Bònoli, Fabrizio, and Daniela Piliarvu. I lettori
di astronomia presso lo studio di Bologna dal XII al XX secolo. Bologna,
CLUEB, 2001. 282 p. illus. (Musei e archivi dello Studio bolognese,
7)
Bibliography: p. 267-272.
"Società astronomica italiana."
QB35.B66 2001
Brüggenthies, Wilhelm, and Wolfgang R. Dick. Biographischer
Index der Astronomie. Frankfurt am Main, H. Deutsch, 2005. 481
p. (Acta historica astronomiae, v. 26)
Alternative title: Biographical index of astronomy.
QB35.B845 2005
Cocks, Elijah E., and Josiah C. Cocks. Who's who on the moon: a biographical
dictionary of lunar nomenclature. Greensboro, NC, Tudor Publishers, 1995. 600
p. 8 p. of plates. illus.
"Works consulted": p. 593-600.
The appendix provides lists of women honorees, names of honorees arranged by
profession and by country of origin, and lunar features by location and by size.
QB600.5.C63 1995 <SciRR>
DeVorkin, David H. Biographical, autobiographical and collected
works. In his The history of modern astronomy and astrophysics:
a selected, annotated bibliography. New York, Garland Pub., 1982.
p. 347-395. illus. (Bibliographies of the history of science and
technology, v. 1) (Garland reference library of the humanities,
v. 304)
Z5154.H57D48 1982 <SciRR>
Krishnamurthi, K. R. Indian astronomers. General editor, N.
Mahalingam. Madras, International Society for the Investigation
of Ancient Civilizations, 1991. 213 p.
Short sketches of ancient Hindu astronomers.
QB35.K65 1991
Levy, David H., and Wendee Wallach-Levy. Cosmic discoveries:
the wonders of astronomy. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 2001.
232 p. illus. (some col.)
Bibliography: p. 211-223.
QB35.L48 2001
Masevich, Alla G., and Aleksandra K. Terent'eva. Zhenshchiny
astronomy. In Na rubezhakh poznaniia? Vselennoi. Istoriko-astronomicheskie
issledovaniia. vyp. 23, 1991. Otv. redaktor, A. A. Gurshtein.
Moskva, "Nauka," 1992. p. 90-111. ports.
Bibliography: p. 111.
Biographical sketches and portraits of 26 Russian women astronomers.
QB33.R9I8, v. 23
McCutcheon, Scott, and Bobbi McCutcheon. Space and astronomy:
the people behind the science. Chelsea House, New York, 2006.
xvi, 192 p. illus. (Pioneers in science)
Includes bibliographical references.
QB35.M224 2006 <SciRR>
Mourão, Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas. Astronomia
na época dos descobrimentos: a importância dos árabes
e dos judeus nas descobertas. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Lacerda
Editores, 2000. 486 p. illus.
Bibliography: p. 480-486.
Appends an encyclopedic dictionary.
VK549.M68 2000
Schmidt, Hans. Astronomen der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität
Bonn: ihr Leben und Werk, 1819-1966. Bonn, Bouvier, 1990. 183
p. illus., ports. (Academica Bonnensia, Bd. 9)
Bibliography: p. 163-170.
QB35.S35 1990
Turner, Gerard L'Estrange. Renaissance astrolabes and their
makers. Aldershot, Hampshire, UK, Burlington, VT, Ashgate/Variorum,
2003. 1 v. (various pagings) illus. (Variorum collected studies
series, 766)
Includes bibliographical references.
QB85.T85 2003
Winterburn, Emily. The astronomers Royal. Greenwich, London, National Maritime
Museum, Royal Observatory Greenwich, 2003. 64 p. illus. (some col.)
QB35.W66 2003
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
American nature writers. John Elder, editor. New York, Charles Scribner's
Sons, 1996. 2 v. (xxiii, 1210 p.) illus., ports.
Bibliographies cite not only each writer's publications but also biographical
and critical studies.
PS163.A6 1996 <SciRR>
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Membership
handbook and directory, 2000-2001. Washington, American Society of Limnology
and Oceanography, 2001. 1 v.
Supplement to Limnology and oceanography, v. 46, no. 2, 2001.
QH35.A53a 2000-2001
Beidleman, Richard G. California's frontier naturalists. Berkeley,
University of California Press, 2006. xv, 484 p. illus., maps.
Bibliography: p. 441-463.
QH105.C2B45 2006
Bonta, Marcia. Women in the field: America's pioneering
women naturalists. College Station, Texas A & M University Press,
1991. xix, 299 p. illus., ports.
Bibliography: p. 273-287.
QH26.B66 1991 <SciRR>
Boreiko, V. IE. Slovar' deiatelei okhrany prirody.
Izd. 2-e, dop. Kiev, Kievskii ekologokul'turnyi tsentr, TSentr
Okhrany
Dikoi prirody, 2001. 521 p. ports. (Seriia Istoriia okhrany
prirody, vyp. 24)
Includes bibliographical references.
Enlarged ed. of: Populiarnyi biografo-bibliograficheskii
slovar'-spravochnik deiatelei zapovednogo dela i okhrany prirody Ukrainy,
tsarskoi Rossii i SSSR,
1860-1960. 1995. (2 v.)
QH26.B673 2001
Bridson, Gavin D. R. Biographies of naturalists. In his The
history of natural history, an annotated bibliography. New York,
Garland Pub., 1994. p. 20-154. (Garland reference library of the
humanities, v. 991) (Bibliographies on the history of science
and technology, v. 24)
Contents Section Ba: Collected biographies. Naturalists; Botanists (& plant
collectors); Zoologists (& anatomists); Artists (& illustrators); Portraiture--Individual
biographies (& bibliographies).
Z7405.H6B75 1994 <SciRR>
Campbell-Culver, Maggie. The origin of plants: the people
and plants that have shaped Britain's garden history since the
year
1000. London, Headline, 2001. 260 p. col. illus.
Bibliography: p. 249.
QK306.C329 2001
Carty, Winthrop P., and Elizabeth Lee. The rhino man and
other uncommon environmentalists. Washington, Seven Locks Press, 1992.
177 p. illus., ports.
Bibliography: p. 175-176.
QH26.C28 1992
Catalogue of portraits of naturalists, mostly botanists,
in the collections of the Hunt Institute, the Linnean Society
of
London, and the Conservatoire et jardin botaniques de la ville
de Genève. Compiled by Michael T. Stieber, and others.
Pittsburgh, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie
Mellon University, 1987+. 3 v.
Contents: pt. 1. Group portraits.--pt. 2. Portraits of individuals, A-D.--pt.
3. Portraits of individuals, E-H.
Pt. 3 compiled by Anita L. Karg and others.
QK26.C38 1987
Charton, Barbara. A to Z of marine scientists. New York, Facts
on File, 2003. 230 p. illus., ports. (Notable scientists) (Facts
on File science library)
Bibliography: p. 207-209.
GC9.C48 2003 <SciRR>
Colmeiro, Miguel. La botánica y los botánicos
de la península hispano-lusitana: estudios bibliográficos
y biográficos. Madrid, Ollero & Ramos, 2000. 216 p.
(Colección Reprint)
Originally published: Madrid, M. Rivadeneyra, 1858.
Z5358.S7C65 2000
Cullen, Katherine E. Marine science: the people behind the
science.
New York, Chelsea House, 2006. xviii, 174 p. illus., maps. (Pioneers
in science)
Bibliography: p. 165-170.
GC30.A1C85 2006
Dayrat, Benoît. Les botanistes et la flore de France:
trois siècles de découvertes. Paris, Publications
scientifiques du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle,
2003. 690 p. illus. (some col.) (Archives (Muséum national
d’histoire naturelle (France)))
Bibliography: p. 615-618.
QK26.D39 2003
Dalil ulama al-bihar wa-marakiz al-biah al-bariyah bi-al-dwal
al-arabiyah = Directory of marine scientists and marine environmental
centres in the Arab states = Répertoire des océanographes
et des centres d'étude du milieu marin dans les etats arabes. Selim
Morcos and Mahmoud Kh. El-Sayed, editors. Nairobi, Kenya, Oceans
and Coastal Areas Programme Activity Centre, United Nations
Environment Programme, 1990. 213 p. (Regional seas. Directories
and bibliographies, no. 34)
GC10.D35 1990
Desmond, Ray. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists
and horticulturists: including plant collectors, flower painters
and
garden designers. Rev. and completely updated ed. London, Taylor & Francis
and the Natural History Museum, 1994. xl, 825 p.
"Bibliography of works consulted": p. xxi-xxxviii.
A subject index is divided into three sections: "Professions, etc.," "Plants," and "Countries, etc."
QK26.D47 1994 <SciRR>
Directory of marine and freshwater scientists in Canada. Prepared
by Secretariat, Canadian Committee on Oceanography. = Répertoire
des experts des sciences de la mer et des eaux douces au Canada. Preparé par le Sécretariat, Comité canadien
d'océanographie. Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans, Scientific
Information and Publications Branch = Pêches et océans,
Direction de l'information et des publications scientifiques,
1989. 408 p.
GC10.D55 1989
Evans, Howard Ensign. Pioneer naturalists: the discovery
and naming of North American plants and animals. New York, H. Holt,
1993. 294 p. illus.
Bibliography: p. 275-282.
Includes a chapter on "Women in natural history of the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries" (p. 252-258) and a chronology, arranged by
year of birth, of the naturalists discussed (p. 271-274).
QH26.E77 1993 <SciRR>
Fishman, Gail. Journeys through paradise: pioneering naturalists
in the Southeast. Gainesville, University Press of Florida, 2000.
xv, 306 p. illus., maps.
Bibliography: p. 291-297.
QH26.F47 2000<
Graham, Kevin. Contemporary environmentalists. New York, Facts on File,
1996. 178 p. illus., ports. (Global profiles)
Includes bibliographical references.
GE55.G73 1996
Hoppe, Jürgen. Grandes exploradores en tierras de la Española. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, Grupo León Jimenez, 2001.
122 p. illus. (some col.)
Bibliography: p. 121-122.
QH26.H67 2001
Isely, Duane. One hundred and one botanists. Ames, Iowa State University
Press, 1994. 351 p. ports.
Includes bibliographical references.
QK26.I75 1994 <SciRR>
Keene, Ann T. Earthkeepers: observers and protectors of nature. New York,
Oxford University Press, 1994. 222 p. illus. (some col.), maps, ports. (some
col.) (Oxford profiles)
Bibliography: p. 213-218.
QH26.K43 1994
Lerner, Steve. Eco-pioneers: practical visionaries solving today's
environmental problems. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1997. 462 p. illus., plan, ports.
Bibliographical references included in "Notes," p. 399-414.
GE150.L47 1997
Life sciences before the twentieth century: biographical portraits. Everett
Mendelsohn, editor. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002. xiv, 211 p.
illus. (Scribner science reference series, v. 3)
Bibliography: p. 195-197.
QH26.L52 2002 <SciRR>
Life sciences in the twentieth century: biographical portraits. Everett
Mendelsohn, editor, Brian S. Baigrie, consulting editor. New York, Charles
Scribner's Sons, 2001. 207 p. illus. (Scribner science reference series,
v. 2)
Bibliography: p. 195-196.
QH26.L524 2001 <SciRR>
Lucas, Eileen. Naturalists, conservationists, and environmentalists. New
York, Facts on File, 1994. 150 p. illus., ports. (American profiles)
Includes bibliographical references.
QH26.L83 1994
Martínez Tejero, Vicente. Naturalistas aragoneses: piedras, fósiles,
plantas, insectos, peces, pájaros, ... Zaragoza, Ibercaja, 2005. 206
p. illus. (Biblioteca aragonesa de cultura, 35) (Publicación...de la
Institución "Fernando el Católico," no. 2537)
Bibliography: p. 183-192.
QH26.M26 2005
Maslow, Jonathan Evan. Footsteps in the jungle: adventures in the scientific
exploration of the American tropics. Chicago, Ivan R. Dee, 1996. 308 p. illus.,
maps, ports.
Bibliography: p. 293-296.
QH26.M27 1996
McKelvey, Susan Delano. Botanical exploration of the trans-Mississippi
west, 1790-1850. Corvallis, Oregon State University Press, 1991. xl, 1144
p. col. maps. (Northwest reprints)
Includes bibliographical references.
QK5.M3 1991
Mearns, Barbara, and Richard Mearns. Audubon to Xántus: the lives
of those commemorated in North American bird names. London, San Diego, Academic
Press, 1992. xix, 588 p. illus., maps, ports.
Bibliography and notes: p. 513-550.
An appendix with its own list of references provides short biographical sketches
of a "miscellaneous selection of naturalists commemorated by well-known
races or hybrids, by recently obsolete names, or by species that are only accidental
visitors to the United States and Canada."
QL26.M425 1992 <SciRR>
Musgrave, Toby, Chris Gardner, and Will Musgrave. The plant hunters:
two hundred years of adventure and discovery around the world. London, Ward Lock;
New York, distributed in the U. S. by Sterling Pub. Co., 1998.
224 p. illus.
(some col.), col. maps.
Bibliography: p. 218-220.
QK21.G7M88 1998
The Naturalists' directory and almanac, international. Baltimore, World
Natural History Publications, 1980+
Latest ed. only in Science Reading Room.
Q145.S4 <SciRR>
Nilsson, Karen. A wild flower by any other name: sketches of pioneer
naturalists who named our western plants. Yosemite National Park, CA, Yosemite Association,
1994. 152 p. illus., ports.
QK26.N67 1994
Notable women in the life sciences: a biographical dictionary. Edited by
Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press,
1996. 440 p. ports.
Includes bibliographical references.
"Appendix I: Scientists by field": p. 413-415.
"Appendix II: Scientists by awards received": p. 417-424.
QH26.N68 1996 <SciRR>
Nowak, Eugeniusz. Wissenschaftler in turbulenten Zeiten: Erinnerungen
an Ornithologen, Naturschützer und andere Naturkundler. Schwerin, Stock & Stein,
2005. 432 p. illus.
Bibliography: p. 407-417.
QH26.N69 2005
O'Connor, W. J. British physiologists, 1885-1914: a biographical dictionary. Manchester, Eng., New York, Manchester University Press; New York, distributed
exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1991. xvii, 582 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
QP25.O27 1990
Paiva, Melquíades Pinto. Os naturalistas e o Ceará. Fortaleza,
CE, Brasil, Instituto do Ceará, 2002. 354 p. illus. (some col.), map.
Includes bibliographical references.
QH26.P34 2002
Persaud, T. V. N. A history of anatomy: the post-Vesalian era. Springfield,
IL, Charles C Thomas, 1997. 357 p. illus., facsims., ports.
Bibliography: p. 327-344.
QM11.P475 1997 <SciRR>
The Renaissance and the scientific revolution: biographical portraits. Brian S. Baigrie, editor. New York, Charles Scribner, 2001. 210 p. illus.
(Scribner science reference series, v. 1)
Bibliography: p. 195-197.
Q141.R36 2001 <SciRR>
Short, P. S. In pursuit of plants: experiences of nineteenth & early
twentieth century plant collectors. Portland, OR, Timber Press, 2004. xvi,
351 p. col. illus.
Bibliography: p. 335-344.
QK26.S56 2004 <SciRR>
Shteir, Ann B. Cultivating women, cultivating science: Flora's daughters
and botany in England, 1760 to 1860. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University
Press, 1996. 301 p. illus., facsims., ports.
Bibliography: p. 271-291.
QK21.G7S57 1996
Tiehm, Arnold. Nevada vascular plant types and their collectors. Bronx,
New York Botanical Garden, 1996. 104 p. illus. (Memoirs of the New York Botanical
Garden, v. 77)
Includes bibliographical references.
QK1.N525 vol. 77
Trupp, Philip Z. Sea of dreamers: travels with famous ocean explorers. Golden, CO, Fulcrum Pub., 1998. 214 p. illus.
Bibliography: p. 205-206.
GC65.T78 1998
U.S. ocean scientists & engineers ... directory. Washington,
American Geophysical Union, 1987. 185 p.
GC10.D57 1987
Vickery, Jim Dale. Wilderness visionaries: Leopold, Thoreau, Muir,
Olson, Murie, Service, Marshall, Rutstrum. Minocqua, WI, NorthWord Press, 1994.
263 p. ports.
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QH26.V53 1994
Voous, K. H. In de ban van vogels: geschiedenis van de beoefening van
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in the 20th century is followed by 550 biographical sketches and a list of
the names arranged by date of birth.
QL26.V66 1995
Wasserman, Elga. The door in the dream: conversations with eminent
women in science. Washington, Joseph Henry Press, 2000. xiv, 254 p. illus.
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QH26.W375 2000
Women in the biological sciences: a biobibliographic sourcebook. Edited
by Louise S. Grinstein, Carol A. Biermann, and Rose K. Rose. Westport, CT,
Greenwood Press, 1997. xxii, 609 p.
Short essays for each of 655 women discuss her life and work and cite writings
by and about her.
Appendices list the women in chronological order and by place of birth, place
of work, and field of scientific interest, and cite references in biographical
dictionaries and other collections.
QH26.W66 1997 <SciRR>
Yount, Lisa. A to Z of biologists. New York, Facts on File, 2003. 390 p.
illus. (Notable scientists)
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QH26.Y68 2003 <SciRR>
CHEMISTRY
American chemists and chemical engineers. Wyndham D. Miles, editor. Washington,
American Chemical Society, 1976 - < 1994 > 2 v.
Includes bibliographical references.
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QD21.A43 <SciRR>
Beyer, Lothar, and Rainer Behrends. De artes chemiae: Chemiker und
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QD21.B478 2003
Bibliography on the history of chemistry and chemical technology, 17th
to the 19th century. Edited by Valentin Wehefritz, with the assistance of
Zoltán Kováts. München, New Providence, K. G. Saur, 1994.
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Partial contents: v. 2. Persons (A-Leblanc).--v. 3. Persons (Lebon-Z).
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1865." Provides references to journal articles as well as books.
Z5521.B52 1994 <SciRR>
Bowden, Mary Ellen. Chemical achievers: the human face of the chemical
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QD21.B67 1997
Chemistry, 1991-1995. Editor, Bo G. Malmström. Singapore, River Edge,
NJ, World Scientific, 1997. 296 p. illus. (some col.) (Nobel lectures, including
presentation speeches and laureates’ biographies)
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See also Chemistry, 1981-1990 (QD39.C486 1992 <SciRR>) and Chemistry,
1971-1980 (QD39.C485 1993 <SciRR>)
QD39.C4862 1997
Hargittai, István. Candid science III: more conversations with
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QD21.H295 2003
Macmillan encyclopedia of chemistry. Joseph J. Lagowski, editor in chief.
New York, Macmillan Reference USA, 1997. 4 v. (lxxi, 1696 p.) illus.
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QD4.M33 1997 <SciRR>
Nobel laureates in chemistry, 1901-1992. Laylin K. James, editor. Washington,
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798 p. ports. (History of modern chemical sciences)
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QD21.N63 1993 <SciRR>
The Nobel Prize winners: chemistry. Edited by Frank N. Magill. Pasadena,
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Oakes, Elizabeth H. A to Z of chemists. New York, Facts on File, 2002.
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Pioneers in polymer science. Edited by Raymond B. Seymour. Dordrecht, Boston,
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TP1119.AlP56 1989
Pötsch, Winfried R., Annelore Fischer, and Wolfgang Müller. Lexikon
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QD21.P68 1988
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QD21.S54 1995
Successful women in chemistry: corporate America's contribution to
science. Amber S. Hinkle, editor, Jody A. Kocsis, editor; sponsored by the ACS Women
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QD21.S78 2005
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QD21.V65 1991
Women in chemistry and physics: a biobibliographic sourcebook. Edited by
Louise S. Grinstein, Rose K. Rose, and Miriam H. Rafailovich. Westport, CT,
Greenwood Press, 1993. xix, 721 p.
Short essays for each of 75 women which discuss her life and work and cite
writings by and about her.
Appendices list the women in chronological order and by place of birth, place
of work, and field of scientific interest, and cite references in biographical
dictionaries and other collections.
QD21.W62 1993 <SciRR>
World directory of crystallographers and of other scientists employing
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QD903.5.W6 1995 <SciRR>
GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, PALEONTOLOGY
Aaseng, Nathan. American dinosaur hunters. Springfield, NJ, Enslow Publishers,
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QE21.B88 2004
Carruthers, Margaret W., and Susan Clinton. Pioneers of geology: discovering
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QE21.C37 2001
Clinton, Susan. Reading between the bones: the pioneers of dinosaur
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Gates, Alexander E. A to Z of earth scientists. New York, Facts on File,
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QE21.G38 2002 <SciRR>
Geography and exploration: biographical portraits. Barry M. Gough, editor.
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Geologi Samarskoi oblasti. Samara, "Pechatnyi dvor KP", 2000.
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QE21.G44 2000
Geological Society of Washington. Biographies of founders and other members.
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QE1.G4888 1993 <SciRR>
Proud heritage: people and progress in early Canadian geoscience. Edited
by R. W. Macqueen. St. John's, NL, Geological Association of Canada, 2004.
xxxiv, 217 p. illus. (Geoscience Canada reprint series, 8)
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QE21.P76 2004
Rapoport, M. S., V. IA. Komarskii, and V. V. Filatov. Tvortsy ural'skoi
geologii. Ekaterinburg, Kom-t prirodnykh resursov po Sverdlovskoi oblasti,
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QE21.R37 2000
Remizovskii, V. I. Neft' Sakhalina v sud'bakh: sbornik dokumental'nykh
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QE21.R456 2001
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QE21.R4565 2001
Sarjeant, William Antony S. Geologists and the history of geology:
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The two supplements include, as appendices, indexes of women geologists.
See also Geologists and the history of geology: an international
bibliography from the origins to 1978, 1980 (Z6031.S28 <SciRR>); and Supplement,
1979-1984 and additions, 1987 (Z6031.S28 Suppl. <SciRR>).
Z6031.S28 Suppl. 2 <SciRR>
Seibold, Ilse. Die Geologen und die Künste. Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart'sche
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Solov'ev, IU. IA., Z. A. Bessudnova, and L. T. Przhedetskaia. Otechestvennye
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QE21.S65 2000
MATHEMATICS
Bagni, Giorgio Tomaso. Matematici. Treviso, Antilia, 2000. 251 p. illus.
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QA21.B16 2000
Biographical dictionary of mathematicians. Reference biographies from
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Reprints essays from the 14-volume Dictionary of scientific biography and its
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QA28.B534 1991 <SciRR>
Biographical encyclopedia of mathematicians. Editor, Donald R. Franceschetti.
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QA28.B544 1999 <SciRR>
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Q125.C47 2002 <SciRR>
Complexities: women in mathematics. Edited by Bettye Anne Case, Anne M.
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QA27.5.C66 2005
Creators of mathematics: the Irish connection. Edited by Ken Houston. Dublin,
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QA28.C74 2000
Donnini, Alfredo. La matematica come fatto culturale: il Medioevo e
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From Newton to Hawking: a history of Cambridge University's Lucasian
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QA28.F76 2003
Halmos, Paul R. I have a photographic memory. Providence, RI, American
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Mostly snapshots of many mathematicians taken over a period of more than 35
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QA28.H345 1987
Henderson, Harry. Modern mathematicians. New York, Facts on File, 1996.
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Hollingdale, S. H. Makers of mathematics. London, New York, Penguin Books,
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Kenschaft, Patricia C. Change is possible: stories of women and minorities
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La Matematica in Italia (1800-1950). A cura di Enrico Giusti, Luigi Pepe.
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QA27.I8M368 2001
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McElroy, Tucker. A to Z of mathematicians. New York, Facts On File, 2005.
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More mathematical people: contemporary conversations. Edited by Donald
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QA27.5.N66 2000
Notable mathematicians: from ancient times to the present. Robyn V. Young,
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QA28.N66 1998 <SciRR>
Notable women in mathematics: a biographical dictionary. Edited by Charlene
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QA28.N68 1998 <SciRR>
Russian mathematicians in the 20th century. Editor, Yakov Sinai. Singapore,
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QA28.R87 2003
Statisticians of the centuries. C. C. Heyde, E. Seneta, editors; P. Crépel,
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QA28.W65 2000
MEDICAL SCIENCES
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American nursing: a biographical dictionary. Edited by Vern L. Bullough,
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Volumes include bibliographies and provide indexes by decade of birth, first
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American Psychiatric Association. Biographical directory, fellows and
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A Century of black surgeons: the U.S.A. experience. Edited by Claude H.
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Garrison, Nancy Scripture. With courage and delicacy: Civil War on
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Getreu dem Eid des Hippokrates: Österreichs grosse Ärzte. Hrsg.
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Houser, Beth, and Kathy Player. Pivotal moments in nursing: leaders
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Journal of medical biography. v. 1+ Feb. 1993+ London, Royal Society of
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Kirchfeld, Friedhelm, and Wade Boyle. Nature doctors: pioneers in naturopathic
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RZ439.5.K56 2005
Kuhn, Betsy. Angels of mercy: the Army nurses of World War II. New York,
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1999. 114 p. illus., maps.
Bibliography: p. 106-108.
Relates the experiences of World War II Army nurses who brought medical skills,
courage, and cheer to hospitals throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific.
D807.U6K84 1999
Mattson, James, and Merrill Simon. The pioneers of NMR and magnetic
resonance in medicine: the story of MRI. Ramat Gan, Israel, Bar-Ilan University Press;
Jericho, NY, Published in the U.S.A. by Dean Books Co., 1996. xxxi, 838 p.,
64 p. of plates. illus., ports.
Includes bibliographical references.
Isidor I. Rabi, Norman E. Ramsey, Edward M. Purcell, Felix Bloch, Nicolaas
Bloembergen, Erwin L. Hahn, Richard R. Ernst, Raymond V. Damadian, and Paul
C. Lauterbur.
"Professionals in mathematics, science and medicine who emigrated to the
United States from Europe between 1930 and 1941," p. 739-742.
RC78.7.N83M366 1996
Medical sciences international who’s who. 6th ed. Harlow, Essex, Longman
Group; New York, Stockton Press, 1994. 1235 p.
"... contains details of over 10,300 senior medical and biomedical scientists
from 98 countries." A country and subject index (p. 1211-1235) lists names
under professional fields for each of the countries included.
R134.I57 1994 <SciRR>
Morel, Pierre. Dictionnaire biographique de la psychiatrie. Le Plessis-Robinson,
Synthélabo, 1996. 254 p. (Collection Les empêcheurs de penser
en rond)
Bibliography: p. 253-254.
RC438.5.M67 1996<
Morton, Leslie T., and Robert J. Moore. A bibliography of medical and
bio-medical biography. 3rd ed. Aldershot, Hants, England; Brookfield, VT, Ashgate, 2005.
425 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
Z6660.5.M67 2005 <SciRR>
Nobel laureates in medicine or physiology: a biographical dictionary. Edited
by Daniel M. Fox, Marcia Meldrum, and Ira Rezak. New York, Garland Pub.,
1990. xviii, 595 p. (Garland reference library of the humanities, v. 852)
Includes bibliographical references.
Alphabetical arrangement with a chronological listing (through 1989) on p.
xi-xv.
R134.N63 1990 <SciRR>
The Nobel Prize winners: physiology or medicine. Edited by Frank N. Magill.
Pasadena, CA, Salem Press, 1991. 3 v. (xv, 1597, xv p.) ports.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: v. 1. 1901-1944.--v. 2. 1944-1969.--v. 3. 1969-1990.
R134.N633 1991 <SciRR>
Nobelstiftelsen. Physiology or medicine. Amsterdam, New York, Published
for the Nobel Foundation by Elsevier Pub. Co., 1964-<2003 > v. <1-4,
6-8 > illus. (Nobel lectures, including presentation speeches and laureates'
biographies)
Vol. 7 published: Singapore, New Jersey, World Scientific, 1997.
Vol. 8 published: New Jersey, World Scientific, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: v. 1. 1901-1921. --v. 2. 1922-1941. --v. 3. 1942-1962. --v. 4. 1963-1970.
--v. 6. 1981-1990. --v. 7. 1991-1995. --v. 8. 1996-2000.
Volume 5, 1971-1980, not in LC.
R111.N58 <SciRR>
Oehme, Johannes. Pioniere der Kinderheilkunde. Hrsg. von Wilhelm Kosenow.
Lübeck, Hansisches Verlagskontor, 1993. 96 p. illus., facsims., ports.
(Themen der Kinderheilkunde, Bd. 7)
Bibliography: p. 6.
RJ43.A1O45 1993
Perrone, Bobette, H. Henrietta Stockel, and Victoria Krueger. Medicine
women, curanderas, and women doctors. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press,
1989. xix, 252 p. illus., ports.
Bibliography: p. 239-244.
R692.P47 1989
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Portraits, paintings & busts
in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. By Alastair H. B. Masson.
Edinburgh, The College, 1995. xxi, 244 p. illus. (some col.), ports. (some
col.)
Bibliography: p. 233-234.
RD27.34.R69 1995
Who’s who in American nursing. 6th ed. 1996-1997. New Providence,
NJ, Marquis Who’s Who, 1995. xvi, 806 p.
Ceased with 6th ed., 1996-1997.
RT25.U5W482 6th ed. <SciRR Desk>
Wood, Matthew. Vitalism: the history of herbalism, homeopathy, and
flower essences. 2nd ed. Berkeley, CA, North Atlantic Books, 2000. xv, 215 p. illus.
Bibliography: p. 205-212.
Rev. ed. of: The magical staff. 1992.
RX61.W66 2000
PHYSICS
Boorse, Henry A., Lloyd Motz, and Jefferson Hane Weaver. The atomic
scientists: a biographical history. New York, Wiley, 1989. 472 p. illus. (Wiley science
editions)
Includes bibliographical references.
QC773.B66 1989 <SciRR>
Brennan, Richard P. Heisenberg probably slept here: the lives, times,
and ideas of the great physicists of the 20th century. New York, J. Wiley, 1997.
274 p. illus., ports.
Bibliography: p. 265-267.
Biographies of eight physicists are preceded by an introduction, "Standing
on the Shoulders of Giants," and followed by an epilogue, "The Why
of Physics."
QC15.B74 1997 <SciRR>
Energy & nuclear sciences international who’s who. 5th ed. Harlow,
Essex, Longman Group; New York, Stockton Press, 1994. 410 p.
Country and subject index: p. 399-410.
TJ163.45.I58 1994 <SciRR Desk>
Die Grossen Physiker. Hrsg. von Karl von Meÿenn. München, C.
H. Beck, 1997. 2 v. illus., facsims., ports.
Bibliography: v. 1, p. 480-536; v. 2, p. 452-499.
Contents: v. 1. Von Aristoteles bis Kelvin.--v. 2. Von Maxwell bis Gell-Mann.
QC15.G76 1997
Hargittai, Magdolna, and István Hargittai. Candid science IV:
conversations with famous physicists. London, Imperial College Press; River Edge, NJ, distributed
by World Scientific Pub. Co., 2004. xvi, 711 p. illus., ports.
Includes bibliographical references.
QC15.H295 2004 <SciRR>
Herzenberg, Caroline L., and Ruth H. Howes. Women of the Manhattan Project.
Technology review, v. 96, Nov./Dec. 1993: 32-40. ports.
Includes a box, "Trying Times at Oak Ridge and Beyond," by Beth Horning.
T171.M47, v. 96
Macmillan encyclopedia of physics. John S. Rigden, editor in chief. New
York, Simon & Schuster Macmillan Reference USA, 1996. 4 v. (lxxx, 1881
p.) illus.
Includes bibliographical references.
Biographical entries are listed in the "Reader's Guide," v. 1, p.
ix-x.
QC5.M15 1996 <SciRR>
Niels Bohr Library. Guide to the archival collections in the Niels
Bohr Library at the American Institute of Physics. College Park, MD, American
Institute of Physics, 1994. xix, 574 p. illus., ports. (International catalog
of sources for history of physics and allied sciences, report no. 7)
Includes descriptions of collections of the papers of individual scientists,
manuscript biographies, and oral history interviews. There is an exhaustive
index.
QC7.N48 1994 <SciRR>
The Nobel Prize winners: physics. Edited by Frank N. Magill. Pasadena,
CA, Salem Press, 1989. 3 v. (xl, 1364,
xix p.) ports.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: v. 1. 1901-1937. --v. 2. 1938-1967. --v. 3. 1968-1988.
QC25.N63 1989 <SciRR>
Notable women in the physical sciences: a biographical dictionary. Edited
by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press,
1997. 479 p. ports.
Includes bibliographical references.
"Appendix I: Scientists by profession": p. 445-447.
"Appendix II: Scientists by honors and awards received": p. 449-459.
Q141.N734 1997 <SciRR>
Physics, 1991-1995. Editor, Gösta Ekspong. Singapore, River Edge,
NJ, World Scientific, 1997. 221 p. illus., ports. (Nobel lectures, including
presentation speeches and laureates’ biographies)
Includes bibliographical references.
See also Physics, 1971-1980 (QC71.P455 1992 <SciRR>) and Physics,
1981-1990 (QC6.2.P47 1993 <SciRR>).
QC6.2.P47 1997 <SciRR>
Physiker und Astronomen in Frankfurt. Hrsg. im Auftrag des Fachbereichs
Physik der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main von
Klaus Bethge, Horst Klein. Frankfurt/Neuwied, A. Metzner, 1989. 237 p. illus.,
ports.
Includes bibliographical references.
QC15.P49 1989
Serafini, Anthony. Legends in their own time: a century of American
physical scientists. New York, Plenum Press, 1993. xv, 361 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
QC15.S437 1993
Staar, Gyula. Megszállotak: öt magyar fizikus. Budapest, Typotex,
1991. 192 p. illus., ports.
QC15.S73 1991
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America, History and Life (1964- )
Z1236.A48, Z1236.A484,
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Applied Science & Technology Index (1913- )
Z7913.I7 <SciRR A&I> and Electronic Format
Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts (1969- )
Z5153.A862 <SciRR A&I> and Electronic Format
Bibliography and Index of Geology (1933- )
Z6031.G4 <SciRR> and Electronic Format
Bibliography of Agriculture (1942- )
Z5073.U572 <SciRR A&I> and Electronic Format
URL: http://agricola.nal.usda.gov
Biography and Genealogy Master Index (1975- )
Z5305.U5B57 <MRR Biog> <BRS Biog> and Electronic format
Biography Index (1946- )
Z5301.B5 <MRR Biog> <BRS Biog> and
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Biological Abstracts (1926- )
QH301.B37 <SciRR A&I> and Electronic Format
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Mathematical Reviews (1940- )
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Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1900- )
AI3.R48 <BRS> and Electronic Format
Wellcome Bibliography for the History of Medicine (2000- )
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Continues Current Work in the History of Medicine (1954-1999) R131.A1C8
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African American Biographical Database
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sources
American National Biography
CT213.A68 1999 <MRR Biog> and Electronic format
Portraits of more than 17,4000 men and women from all areas and walks of life
whose lives have shaped the nation.
Biography Resource Center
Electronic format
Database of biographical information on more than 150,000 individuals from
all parts of the world. The information is taken from standard biographical
resources, many of which are also available in print format in the Library.
Chambers Reference Online
CT103.C4 <MRR Biog> and Electronic format
Contains Chambers Biographical Dictionary (1997 ed. with amendments)
German Biography
Electronic format
Elektronische Allgemeine deutsche Biographie (E-ADB and E-NDB) is a database
for German biographies.
JSTOR Arts & Sciences I, II III, and Health & General Science
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JSTOR is a collection of full-text, keyword-searchable academic journals dating
back to the late 17th century.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
DA28.O95 2004 <MRR Biog> and Electronic format
An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men
and women who shaped Britain's past
Proquest Historical Newspapers
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World Biographical Information System
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yearly: American Biographical Archive (ABA Series I and II); Biographical
Archive (ABEP Series I and II); Biographical Archive of the Benelux Countries/Archives
biographiques des pays du Benelux (BAB I); British Biographical Archive (BBA
Series I and II); Archives biographiques françaises /French Biographical
Archive (ABF Series I and II); Deutsches biographisches Archiv /German Biographical
Archive (DBA Series I and II); Archivio biografico italiano/Italian Biographical
Archive (ABI Series I and II); Russisches biographisches Archiv/Russian Biographical
Archive (RBA); Scandinavian Biographical Archive (SBA I); and Archivo biográfico
de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica/Spanish, Portuguese and
Latin-American Archive (ABEP Series I and II).
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Biographical
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in Christianity, Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History, and Who's Who in The
Roman World.
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Journals that often contain biographical articles on scientists,
or bibliographic listings of relevant books and articles, include:
Agricultural History
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S1.A16 |
American Heritage of Invention & Technology |
T1.A455 |
American Scientist |
LJ85.S502 |
British Journal for the
History of Science |
Q125.B77 |
Bulletin of the History of Medicine |
R11.B93 |
Historia
Mathematica |
QA21.H54 |
Historical Studies in the
Physical and Biological Sciences |
QC7.H69 |
History of Science |
Q125.H63 |
History of Technology |
T14.7.H57 |
Industrial Archaeology |
T37.I5 |
Isis |
Q1.I7 |
Journal of Chemical Education |
QD1.J93 |
Journal of Medical Biography |
R134.K33 |
Journal of the History of Ideas |
B1.J75 |
Journal of the History
of Medicine and Allied Sciences |
R131.A1J6 |
National Academy of Sciences. Biographical Memoirs |
Q141.N2 |
Osiris |
Q1.O7 |
Proceedings of the American
Philosophical Society |
Q11.P5 |
Science |
Q1.S35 |
Scientific American |
T1.S5 |
Scientific Monthly |
Q1.S817 |
Studies in History and
Philosophy of Science |
Q125.S94 |
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The Internet offers a growing number of sources that provide information
on scientists in virtually every scientific discipline. Use your favorite
search engine and the name of the individual or terms such as those provided
in the section on subject headings at the beginning of this compilation.
Some Internet addresses that may be of interest include:
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
URL: http://www.scottlan.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
The Bruce Medalists (astronomy)
URL: http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/brucemedalists/
Chemical Heritage Foundation: Chemical Achievers
URL: http://www.chemheritage.org/classroom/chemach/index.html
Contains biographical, scientific, and pictorial material about famous chemists.
History of Astronomy: Persons
URL: http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/hist_astr/ha_pers.html
See also “Finding List of Obituaries of Astronomers (1900-1997) and list
of other sources.
The History of Chemistry
URL: http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/index.html
History of Geology Resources on the Web: a Selection by the History
of Geology Group (HOGG)
URL: http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/index.html
Includes links to geological organizations and online biographies of earth
scientists.
The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
URL: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk:80/~history/
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
URL: http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/index.html
Natural History and Biology in the Nineteenth Century: A Bibliography
URL: http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/research/nhbnc.html
List of Prizes Named After People
URL:http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-prizes-named-after-people
Science Subject Guide: Biography, History of Science
URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/subjectguides/biographysg.html
Scripps Institute of Oceanography Archives
URL:http://siolibrary.ucsd.edu/sio/archives//
WWW Virtual Library: Chemistry
URL: http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/refhistory.html
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