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Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity

ISBN 1-58415-137-4 • 9781584151371

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When Albert Einstein was alive he was as well known as a movie star, as respected as any star athlete. He was probably the most famous scientist of the 20th century, perhaps the most famous scientist who ever lived. Today, even adults with limited scientific backgrounds usually know his name and, even more unusual for a scientist, know what he looked like. He was as famous for his wild gray hair and deep, thoughtful eyes as he was for his simple equation E = mc². Before his fame he would know poverty, prejudice, and divorce. When he first wrote the theories that changed the way the universe was viewed, he was not a professor at a prestigious university or a respected scientist. He was a lowly patent clerk unable to land a better job. This is his story.

Alexander Fleming and the Story of Penicillin

ISBN 1-58415-106-4 • 9781584151067

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Never one to worry about neatness, Scottish-born scientist Alexander Fleming often grew cultures in unwashed petri dishes. In the hot summer of 1928, Fleming left for a two-week vacation. In his haste, he forgot to clean up an old culture plate that he had smeared with staphylococcus bacteria. Soon after he left, a spore containing a rare strain of a fungus mold called penicillium drifted into his lab from another lab in the same building and settled onto the messy culture plate. Things heated up—and the bacteria on the plate sprouted like a weed—except in the spot where the penicillium spore had settled and grown. Fleming believed he had discovered something very important. Not everyone else agreed. In fact, it would take until World War II, when he was well into middle age, before anyone appreciated his discovery.

Charles Richter and the Story of the Richter Scale

ISBN 1-58415-175-7 • 9781584151753

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Edwin Hubble and the Theory of the Expanding Universe

ISBN 1-58415-174-9 • 9781584151746

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Frederick Banting and the Discovery of Insulin

ISBN 1-58415-094-7 • 9781584150947

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One of Canada's most renowned scientists, Frederick Banting is credited with the discovery of insulin. Early in his life, Banting saw suffering and wanted to know why doctors couldn't cure sick people despite all their training. Banting knew he wanted to become a doctor, only he wanted to be a different kind of doctor. He didn't just want to help people feel better while they slowly got sicker. He wanted to cure them. Before he succeeded, he would know poverty and hunger, and he would lose the woman he loved.

Gerhard Domagk and the Discovery of Sulfa

ISBN 1-58415-115-3 • 9781584151159

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There are many scientists and researchers who have become world famous for their inventions and discoveries. However, the work of some scientific and medical pioneers offered only brief benefits before being overshadowed by better, or more long-lasting discoveries. This is the story of one of those early pioneers. He discovered Prontosil's antibacterial properties and used sulfa to save the lives of England's Prime Minister and the son of a U.S. President. He even used the drug to save the life of his own daughter. During the peak use of sulfa, the drug saved the lives of both soldiers and civilians. Despite his accomplishments, the man's contribution to modern medicine has been largely forgotten. His name is Gerhard Domagk and this is his story.

Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine

ISBN 1-58415-093-9 • 9781584150930

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One of the best known microbiologists, Salk is celebrated mainly for his discovery of the polio vaccine. In the early twentieth century, polio became a menacing disease. It struck hundreds of thousands of children and young adults. The virus didn't just spread disease. It also spread fear. Since polio struck mainly in the summer, warm weather and vacations were looked upon with dread. Families no longer went to the beach. Mothers kept their children indoors on warm, sunny days. Jonas Salk changed all that. He would solve the riddle to one of the most tragic mysteries in the last one hundred years.

Joseph E. Murray and the Story of the First Human Kidney Transplant

ISBN 1-58415-136-6 • 9781584151364

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Joseph Murray knew he wanted to be a surgeon from the time he was a small boy. A Harvard-educated doctor, he spent much of his life's work attempting to overcome the body's natural reaction to reject foreign tissues. His work eventually led to the first successful human kidney transplant in 1954, for which he won a Nobel Prize in 1990.

Linus Pauling and the Chemical Bond

ISBN 1-58415-123-4 • 9781584151234

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Lise Meitner and the Atomic Age

ISBN 1-58415-206-0 • 9781584152064

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Meitner was a twentieth-century Austrian scientist who, despite facing discrimination as a Jew and a female, made discoveries in nuclear physics that played a part in the development of atomic energy.

Oswald Avery and the Story of DNA

ISBN 1-58415-110-2 • 9781584151104

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There have been many talented scientists who have contributed to our knowledge of DNA. Many of us recognize the names Francis Crick and James Watson or Alfred Hershey. But few of us recognize the small man born in Canada named Oswald Avery. He spent most of his life doing laboratory research, and his most famous discovery wasn't fully recognized or appreciated while he was alive. While Avery didn't actually discover DNA fingerprinting, his research provided a vital steppingstone along the process. And his story illustrates one of the most important facts about scientific discoveries: they don't just come out of the blue, but depend on the work of many men and women who precede the actual discoverer.

Otto Hahn and the Story of Nuclear Fission

ISBN 1-58415-204-4 • 9781584152040

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German scientist Otto Hanh who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1944 for his work with nuclear fission. He is known as the "founder of the atomic age."

Robert Weinberg and the Search for the Cause of Cancer

ISBN 1-58415-095-5 • 9781584150954

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One of the foremost cancer researchers today, Robert Weinberg has spent most of his adult life searching for the genetic causes of cancer. Heading up the laboratory at the renowned Center for Cancer Research at MIT, he discovered the first human oncogene. He is a world-famous cancer expert who was a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT and serves as the Daniel K. Ludwig professor for cancer research at MIT as well. In 1997, he won the prestigious National Medal of Science.

Selman Waksman and the Discovery of Streptomycin

ISBN 1-58415-138-2 • 9781584151388

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Selman Waksman enrolled at Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) to study agriculture, though he was torn between that and studying medicine. Later in life, he set his team of graduate students and assistants on a search for an antibiotic to treat tuberculosis. Waksman and his team worked day and night testing microbes for antibiotic potential. Hundreds of tests failed. In 1943, however, success was theirs. Albert Schatz, a student of Waksman's, isolated streptomycin. Amid controversy, in 1952, Waksman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his part in discovering the first effective treatment of tuberculosis.

Wilhelm Roentgen and the Discovery of X Rays

ISBN 1-58415-114-5

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