Notable Twentieth Century Scientists: Supplement
- ISBN-10
- 0787627666
- ISBN-13
- 9780787627669
- Category
- Engineers
- Pages
- 617
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Gale Group
- Author
- Kristine M. Krapp
Description
This text represents a supplement to the original 4-volume set, and provides 225 new profiles on internationally renowned scientists, with special attention to women and minorities. These include Ian Wilmut, Scottish embryologist, Tim Berners-Lee, British computer scientist, and Virginia Agpar, American Anaestheologist.
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