Breakthroughs in Science (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Isaac Asimov
- First Published: 1959
- Time of Work: The third century to the twentieth century
- Setting: Western Europe and the United States
- Principal Characters: Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, Isaac Newton, Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, James Watt, Edward Jenner, Gregor Johann Mendel, Thomas Alva Edison, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Science or scientists, Genetics, Biography, Inventions or inventors, Evolution, Chemistry or chemists
- Locales: Europe, United States
Form and Content
Breakthroughs in Science is a collection of twenty-six brief essays or chapters—from three to seven pages—discussing the scientific contributions, inventions, or medical discoveries of thirty scientists, inventors, engineers, or physicians. Originally published as separate essays in Senior Scholastic (a magazine for young adults) beginning in 1959, each chapter focuses on either the contributions of a single scientist or inventor or the contributions of two individuals working independently on the same topic. In the book version, Asimov...
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