TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lederman,Leon M.
AU  - Scheppler,Judith A.
TI  - Portraits of great American scientists
SN  - 1573929328 (alk. paper)
AV  - Q141 .P668 2001
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Amherst, N.Y.
PB  - Prometheus Books
KW  - Scientists
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-305); 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
ER  -