Sensational scientists :

Shell, Barry.

Sensational scientists : the journeys and discoveries of 24 men and women of science / Barry Shell. - Vancouver : Berkeley, Calif. : Raincoast Books ; [Distributed by] Publishers Group West, c2005. - vi, 202 p. : ill. map ; 23 cm.

Updated and expanded version of: Great Canadian Scientists. (Polestar, 1997).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sid Altman -- Willard S. Boyle -- Bertram Neville Brockhouse -- Robert Carroll -- H. S. M. Coxeter -- Roger Willis Daley -- Henri Darmon -- Birutä Galdikas -- Gerhard Herzberg -- Werner Israel -- Doreen Kimura -- Charles J. Krebs -- Julia Levy -- Walter Lewis & Memory Elvin-Lewis -- Tak Wah Mak -- John Charles Polanyi -- Hubert Reeves -- William Ricker -- Michael Smith -- Louis Taillefer -- Lap-Chee Tsui -- Endel Tulving -- Irene Ayako Uchida.

Twenty-four profiles of scientists in a variety of fields including chemistry, biochemistry, and genetics along with diagrams, photographs, and educational experiments designed to inspire discussions on how to pursue a career in science.

8.9 Follett Library Resources 5-8 Follett Library Resources

1551927276 9781551927275 (pbk.) 9781415677759 (Follett bdg.) 1415677751

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Scientists--Canada--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in science--Juvenile literature.
Scientists.
Discoveries in science.
Scientists--Canada--Biography.
Discoveries in science.

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