• Published by Charles Scribner's Sons

This 26 volume reference source contains biographies of mathematicians and natural scientists from all countries and from all historical periods. It presents an accurate and reliable narrative of the development of science, not as a mere accumulation of technical information but as the collective accomplishment that has ordered our understanding of nature.

Through a special arrangement with the American Council of Learned Societies, Charles Scribner's Sons has arranged not only to provide the New Dictionary of Scientific Biography in eBook format, but also to digitize the entire back-file of the original Dictionary of Scientific Biography . This comprehensive eBook includes the complete text of the 18-volume original, plus the New Dictionary of Scientific Biography! Together, this 26-volume eBook, the Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography will provide library patrons with the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of narrative scientific biographies. By detailing the achievements and personalities behind the quest to understand the natural world, the Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography sheds light on not just the history of science, but on the history of humankind.

• Published/Released: December 2007
• Original Copyright: 2008
• ISBN 13: 9780684315591
• ISBN 10: 0684315599
• Product number: 233444
• Shipping Weight: 1.00 lbs (0.45 kgs)

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