Dictionary of scientific biography. [Volumes 3 & 4] /
Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief.
- New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981.
- xiii, 624, xiii, 622 p. : ill ; 29 cm.
"Published under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies"--P. facing t.p.
Includes bibliographical references.
v. 3. Pierre Cabanis-Heinrich von Dechen -- v. 4. Richard Dedekind-Firmicus Maternus.
Wilson's Senior High School.
Contains articles that provide information about the professional lives of scientists, from classical antiquity to modern times, who have made significant contributions to the fields of mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, and earth science. Arranged alphabetically from Cabanis to Firmicus Maternus.