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090 _aQ 141 .P668 2001
245 0 0 _aPortraits of great American scientists /
_cedited by Leon M. Lederman and Judith Scheppler.
260 _aAmherst, N.Y. :
_bPrometheus Books,
_c2001.
300 _a305 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-305).
505 0 _aClifford 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.
650 0 _aScientists
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
700 1 _aLederman, Leon M.
700 1 _aScheppler, Judith A.
999 _c101579
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