"Provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists...

Contains biographical sketches of notable astronomers from the ancient world to the 20th century...

Brief biographies of more than 600 European scientists of the 16th and 17th centuries...

"Reaching back to Greece in the fifth century BCE and proceeding to the late twentieth century, this work describes the relationship of science and religion throughout history...

Contains more than 200 entries on the landmark scientific discoveries and personalities of the period...

Contains more than 250 entries, mostly biographical sketches, on the contributions women have made to medicine from Hildegard of Bingen in the 12th century to the present day...