Scientists and their Discoveries
looks at the lives and achievements of many of the scientists who have transformed the world with discoveries ranging from tiny subatomic particles to the massive and powerful mechanisms that drive the Earth and the stars—Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Harry Hess, and many more. It examines their ideas and how they affected society, highlighting their work which was a mixture of experiment, collaboration and brilliant individual insight that has characterized scientific advance down the ages.