In this easy-to-read series, eminent science writers John and Mary Gribbin look at the lives and work of eight major scientists. Each book is accessible enough to be read for fun but informative enough to appeal to students of science. The iconic Albert Einstein emerges as a dashing ladies' man and the greatest scientist of his time; but why did Charles Darwin wait for decades before going public with his ideas on evolution? How was Marie Curie's great work shaped by her childhood experiences of oppression under the Czars? And what was Edmond Halley, of comet fame, doing as Captain of a King's Ship and later spy for the Crown? An introduction and afterword places each scientist's work in the context of the development of their subject.
- ISBN10 0094771200
- ISBN13 9780094771208
- Publish Date 23 June 1997
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 21 December 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Constable
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 80
- Language English