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A to Z of STS Scientists, Updated Edition
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  • EBOOK
  • Authored by: Elizabeth H. Oakes
  • From the Series: Notable Scientists
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  • ISBN-10: 1438183348
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-4381-8334-3
  • Status: In Stock
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  • Imprint: Facts On File
  • Published: 11/01/2019
  • Dewey Number: 509.2
  • Reading Level: Grades 6-12

Summary

This is a comprehensive A-to-Z reference of past and present scientists who have contributed significantly to the new and growing field known as Science, Technology, and Society (STS). Those profiled include chemists, physicists, biologists, engineers, and mathematicians. The common element shared by these noted individuals is the way in which their scientific work was shaped by social setting.

Designed for high school through early college students, this is an ideal reference of notable male and female scientists from antiquity to the present. The title contains approximately 200 entries and 62 black-and-white photographs.

People covered include:

  • Marco Polo (1254–1324)
  • Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521)
  • James Hargreaves (1720–1778)
  • Nicolas Appert (1749–1841)
  • Charles Goodyear (1800–1860)
  • Carl Friedrich Zeiss (1816–1888)
  • Sheila Jasanoff (1944–present)
  • Wiebe Bijker (1951–present)
  • Karen Barad (1956–present)
  • Ulrike Felt (1957–present)

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