Facts on File science library

Examines the role of science in the Industrial Revolution, its establishment as a popular discipline, and discoveries in the areas of atoms and the elements, chemistry, evolution, and energy.

Reviews the development of medicine and medical technology from the dawn of civilization to the present, including instruments, diagnostic tools, medicines, and alternative care.

Discusses major scientists and scientific issues and discoveries of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Examines stem cells from the scientific and social viewpoints, including what they are, their laboratory study, their use in medicine, the ethical issues involved, and the legal issues in America and Europe.

Explores the microscopic world in which the forensic scientist works by addressing the issues of what constitutes evidence; important methods of trace analysis, including spectroscopy and chromatography; human and animal hairs and what can be determined by examining them; and manufactured and natural fibers and the many ways in which they appear in textiles and are analyzed in the laboratory.