Profiles in science
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Robert Boyle, the favorite son of the wealthiest man in England and Ireland, could have lived a life of luxury. Instead he committed himself to advancing scientific knowledge and to helping lay the foundation of modern chemistry. Boyle used his wealth to help found the Royal Society, the first state-chartered scientific organization, and to build an elaborate laboratory in which he performed many important experiments in chemistry and physics.--From...
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Presents a brief biography of late seventeenth and early eighteenth-century English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist Edmond Halley that profiles his life, interest in astronomy, and works which included calculating the orbit of Halley's Comet.
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Fire, water, and air: the story of Antoine Lavoisier
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The great explainer: the story of Richard Feynman
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Origin: the story of Charles Darwin
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John Dalton and the development of atomic theory
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