Designed for high school through early college students, A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy is an ideal reference to notable male and female scientists in the field of space and astronomy, from antiquity to the present. Containing more than 160 entries and 50 black-and-white photographs, the authors emphasize the scientists' contributions to the field as well as his or her effect on scientists who have followed. The book is organized with a general introduction that explains who is in the book and why; a list of entries; the entries themselves; indexes by field of specialization, nationality, subject area, and chronology; a bibliography; and an index.
Author(s): Deborah Todd, Joseph A. Angelo
Series: Notable Scientists
Publisher: Facts on File
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 332
Contents......Page 4
List of Entries......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Introduction......Page 9
A......Page 11
B......Page 41
C......Page 82
D......Page 105
E......Page 116
F......Page 127
G......Page 132
H......Page 150
J......Page 185
K......Page 189
L......Page 205
M......Page 221
N......Page 225
O......Page 231
P......Page 239
R......Page 252
S......Page 261
T......Page 278
U......Page 283
V......Page 286
W......Page 290
Z......Page 293
Entries by Field......Page 296
Entries by Country of Birth......Page 299
Entries by Country of Major Scientific Activity......Page 301
Entries by Year of Birth......Page 303
Chronology......Page 305
Bibliography......Page 309
Index......Page 315
