Portraits of great American scientists / 
edited by Leon M. Lederman and Judith Scheppler. 
 - Amherst, N.Y. :  Prometheus Books,  2001. 
 - 305 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-305). 
<br/><br/>Clifford Geertz: anthropological ambassador / Noah C. Lauricella -- Mary-Claire King: pioneering geneticist / Kelly S. McArdle -- Marvin Minsky: mind maker / Margaret J. Anderson -- Story Musgrave: space doctor / M. Blaine Eubanks -- Steven Pinker: language's bad boy / Susan E. Johnson -- Sally Ride: first American woman in space / Erica L. Ruddy -- F. Sherwood Rowland: controversial chemist / Margaret J. Wat -- Vera Rubin: intergalactic prospector / Anne Katherine Halsall -- Paul Sereno: dinosaur detective / Grace J. Yang -- George Smoot: Indiana Jones of Science / Stephanie R. Allewalt -- Charles Townes: laser legend / Douglas A. Heintz -- Geerat Vermeij: seeing with his hands / Elizabeth A. Gilbert -- E.O. Wilson: diligent naturalist / Nia H. Dukov -- Edward Witten: the theory of everything / Maria E. Wilson -- Dawn Wright: mapping the Abyss / Mike Stukel. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1573929328 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001041932 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Scientists--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q141  / .P668 2001