Pioneers in Science: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Space & Astronomy, Marine Science, Physics, Science Technology an (Set of 8 Volumes)

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Pioneers in Science is a fascinating eight-volume set profiling 80 notable scientists from diverse cultures and disciplines. The author features men and women who initiated lines of thought or research that led to innovative pathways to scientific discovery, despite risk or opposition. The people Behind the Science constains 10 biographical portraits of individuals who contributed significantly to the development of modern biology. Each chapter contains relevant information on the scientist?s research, discoveries, and lasting contributions to the field and concludes with a chronology and a list of print and Internet references specific to that individual. Biology : William Harvey (1578-1657): On the Circulation of Blood throughout the Body Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723): Discovery of Microscopic Life Carl Linnaeus (1770-1778) : Binomial Nomenclature system Charles Darwin (1809-1882) : Natural Selection as a mechanism for evolution Cregor Mendel (1822-1884) : The Father of Genetics Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945) The roles of genes and chromosomes in Heredity Charles Henry Turner (1867-1923) : Insect behavior Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955 The Miracle Drug Rita Levi Montalcini (1909) the discovery of nerve growth factor James D Watson (1928) : the double helical structure of DNA Chemistry : Joseph Priestley : the discovery of Oxygen Antoine Lavoisier : The Basis and Language of Modern Chemistry John Dalton : The chemical atomic theory Demitry Mendeleyev : The Periodic Table of the Element Irving Langmuir : Advancement of Surface Chemistry Emil Hermann Fischer : Synthesis of Purines and Sugars and the mechanism of enzyme action Gerty Cori : Sugar Metabolism and Glycogen Storage Disorders Percy Julian : Synthesis of Glaucoma Drug and sterols from natural plant products Linus Pauling: Description of the nature of the chemical Bond Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin: X-Ray analysis of Biologically important Molecules. Earth Science : Georgius Agricola: The Forefather of Geology and the Father of Mineralogy Nicolaus Steno: The Law of Superposition of Rock Layers and the Principles of Original Horizontally and Lateral Extension James Hutton : Uniformitarianism as the central Principle of Historical geology Alexander von Humboldt : Unification of the Natural sciences Georges Cuvier : The reality of extinction of past life forms William Smith : Creation of the world first geological map Sir charles Lyell : The Gradual nature of earth?s processes Space & Astronomy : Nicholas Copernicus :