Stories of the Great Scientists by  Charles R. Gibson


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Front Matter


Who Are the Heroes of Science?
Before the Time of Christ
University Professors of Two Thousand Years Ago
Roger Bacon
Copernicus and His Famous Theory
Tycho Brahe
Johann Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Galileo before the Dreaded Inquisition
A Glimpse of Galileo's Private Life
The Great Sir Isaac Newton
More about Sir Isaac Newton
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin as a Scientist
The Rev. Dr. Joseph Priestley
The Hon. Henry Cavendish
William and Caroline Herschel
Herschel Becomes a Professional Astronomer
John Dalton

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