Profiles of some of history's greatest scientists-- and funexperiments that demonstrate their theories! Janice VanCleave's Scientists Through the Ages profiles the livesand work of more than twenty-five important thinkers in astronomy,biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics. This exciting bookincludes short biographies of the scientists, descriptions of theircontributions to science, and simple experiments that reveal someof their most important discoveries. You'll meet scientists from every part of the world and every age,from Archimedes to Einstein, Galileo Galilei to Maria Mitchell, andMary Anning to Marie Curie. Every experiment can be performed athome or in the classroom with safe, inexpensive materials. So findout how these famous scientists made life better for all of us, andstart your own explorations with these fun and easy experiments!