People (32)
Scientists, Theorists, Explorers and Thinkers
The latest in our series of scientists, mathematicians and engineers who have made major contributions to human knowledge, but whose names have faded from public memory, looks at the life and work of mathematician Paul Pierre Lévy.
The life and work of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, without whose work Edwin Hubble could not have discovered the expanding universe.
Unsung Heroes: Gösta Mittag-Leffler. The first in our series of significant, but not well-known, scientists and mathematicians looks at the life and work of Swedish mathematician Gösta Mittag-Leffler.
Mark Carnall is Curator of the Grant Zoological Museum, London's last surviving university zoological museum and part of University College London. Science File talked to him about the institution, its work and its move to new premises.
A biography of Robert Hooke
A biography of Leonardo da Vinci
Mary Anning (1799-1847) is one of the essential figures in the story of British palaeontological studies
Dr. Paul Roche, of Cardiff and Glamorgan universities, has recently been appointed Ambassador for Space in Wales. Science File talked to Dr. Roche about his new post.
A biography of Galileo Galilei.
Stories of ten disputes in science and maths.
Study of the professional life and projects of I K Brunel
An account of the Piltdown Man fraud.
A biography of Sir Isaac Newton, describing in not overly relentless detail his achievements, passions and failings, and painting for us beautifully the historical context which explains why the greatest of all scientists saw himself as primarily an occultist and alchemist.
In his own inimitable words. (Previously published as 80 Not Out)
The story of Alfred Wegener, the man who suggested the theory of continental drift.
The life of James Hutton and the revolution in geology that he started.
The story of the rivalry between Gideon Mantell and Richard Owen, over the interpretation of fossil dinosaur bones.
How a scientific revolution began.
God, Physics and the Gender Wars.
As-told-to autobiography (sort of)
The tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science
The life of James Clerk Maxwell.
Biography and contextual study of Florence Nightingale.
The story of William Perkin, the inventor of synthetic dyes.
The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
The story of the Scottish family responsible for building many of the lighthouses around the coast of Scotland.
Biography of Sir Bernard Spilsbury.
The latest in our series looks at the life and work of that "other Herschel" - Caroline, sister of William
The story of Joseph Priestley, his discoveries and his life.
The Worst Journey in the World / The Log from the Sea of Cortez
Written by Tom Deteau
Two books, two classic field trips.
The story behind the HeLa cell line used in many thousands of research projects.
Ingenious Women from Tincture of Saffron to Flying Machines: A Survey of Women Inventors
Written by Tom Deteau
An account of just some of the technological advances pioneered by women in the recent past, inspired by the author's researches in the London Patent Office.