A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists

Abstract

The publication of these two important reference works within only a few months of each other is indicative of the present demand for easily-accessible information about the lives and work of the leading contributors to science.Although they seem to present the potential purchaser with a problem of choice, the purpose and character of each is different.The British work is 'designed for the general reader as well as the serious student' and offers 'over 1,000 biographies of eminent scientists and technologists' in large clear type set in double columns.Written in a discursive form, avoiding technical language as much as possible, each entry has a list of authoritative references for further reading.In short, it is the kind of book-like