Overview

These fifteen biographies, written by promising young students from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, reveal the many interesting human factors that influenced the lives of successful scientists: how they chose their individual career paths, what obstacles they had to overcome along the way, and where they think science will lead society in the future. They also convey the excitement of discovery that both these established scientists and their young biographers share as they explore their particular scientific interests.

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Creative.... Readers of this book cannot help but get caught up in the students' voyages of discovery.... A powerful introduction to the challenges and the joys of doing science. -American Reference Books Annual 2003 The introduction by Lederman should be required reading for all high school science teachers and students...[a] rare offering that talks to kids about something besides their problems.... [It] delightfully demonstrates that not all scientists are nerdy white men wearing thick eyeglasses. -San Jose Mercury News This book comes along at a time of growing science illiteracy among Americans. If you know a young, potential scientist, this book would make a fine...gift with its insightful and inspiring stories. -Bookviews.com A well-written, very interesting, book. -Science Books & Films

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Leon M. Lederman, Nobel Laureate (Batavia, IL) is the author of ""Beyond the God Particle,"" ""Quantum Physics for Poets, "" and ""Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe ""(coauthored with Christopher T. Hill), as well as ""The God Particle"" (with Dick Teresi). He has served as the editor of ""Portraits of Great American Scientists"" and a contributor to ""Science Literacy for the Twenty-First Century."" He is formerly the Resident Scholar at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and Pritzker Professor of Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and he is director emeritus of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Judith A. Scheppler, Ph.D. (Chicago, IL), is the Coordinator of Student Inquiry and Director of the Grainger Center for Imagination and Inquiry at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. She is also the coauthor of ""Biotechnology Explorations: Applying the Fundamentals.""

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