| SPECIAL
INTEREST WEBSITES |
| 4000
Years of Women in Science |
Brief biographical profiles and photographs
of over 100 women with accomplishments in the fields of science and technology. |
| Astronaut
Biographies |
NASA's site provides extensive biographies
of current and former astronauts along with payload specialists and astronauts
in training. |
| Authors
and Books |
Scholastic.com
provides biographical information on a great number of children and young
adult authors. |
| Biographies,
The Scientists |
Brief biographies of a wide variety of scientists
which are listed in alphabetical order. Some of the listings, such
as Einstein, Copernicus, and Darwin link to detailed biographies. |
| Biographies
of Women Mathematicians |
Biographical profiles of women mathematicians
which are part of an on-going project by students at Agnes Scott College,
in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| Computer
History Collection Interviews |
The Smithsonian National
Museum of American History provides interviews with leaders of the computer
industry. Some of the people interviewed are Marc Andressen from
Netscape, Bill Gates, and Don Wetzel, the inventor of the ATM. These
interviews are part of the Museum's Computer History Collection. |
| Eric Weisstein's
Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography |
An awarding winning site for biographical
information on scientists written by an internet encyclopedist. |
| Faces
of Science: African Americans in the Sciences |
Mitchell C. Brown presents detailed profiles
of African American chemists, biologists, inventors, engineers, and mathematicians.
The profiles include biographical and professional information and bibliographies
which include websites. |
| Famous Physicists
and Astronomers |
use this site for detailed biographies and
pictues of scientists such as Curie, Newton, Rutherford or Bohr. |
| First
Ladies' Gallery |
This White House site provides biographies
and links to other sites for each of the first ladies from Martha Washington
to the current First Lady. |
Jones
Telecommunications & Multimedia Encyclopedia
Biographies |
An online encyclopedia which provides biographies of
leaders who have shaped and influenced technology from George Eastman,
the founder of Kodak, to John Kemeny, a
co-developer of BASIC programming. |
| MacTutor
History of Mathematics Archive |
from the School of Mathematics and Statistics
at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, comes an extensive site with
biographies of over a thousand mathematicians. Use the Biographies
Index and try out the Mathematicians of the Day.
There is also a History Topics Index to let you explore more
about your mathematician's theories and ideas. |
| Mathographies |
Collection of biographical
sketches of mathematicians, from Archimedes to Descartes to Kemeny, written
by the faculty of Bellevue Community College in
Washington. |
| The
National Inventors Hall Of Fame |
provides detailed biographies of inventors who are listed
in the Hall of Fame. Inductions are made annually at the Hall of
Fame in Akron, Ohio. |
PBS
The WEST
|
From the
PBS series on The West, a biographical dictionary of people profiled in
the series which provides detailed biographical information
|
The
Presidents of the United States
|
From the
White House web site, biographies of each of the United States presidents.
These biographies come from The Presidents of the United States of America
written by Frank Freidel and Hugh S. Sidey and published by the White House
Historical Association and National Geographic Society.
|
| Super
Scientists |
A part of the California Energy Quest site.
You can find biographies of a dozen scientists including Marie Curie and
Albert Einstein. |
| U.S.
Supreme Court |
This Cornell University Law School site provides
information on each of the Supreme Court Justices. The information
includes recent Supreme Court decisions, education, judicial and legislative
offices, legal positions, and civic activities. |