Super scientists gallery of energy pioneers overall ratings Meet the scientists who helped us discover, understand, and use our energy resources, including Anders Celsius, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison and Lord Kelvin. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   Pioneers in energy overall ratings More pioneers in energy, including Rudolf Diesel, Isaac Newton and Nikola Tesla. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   A science odyssey: people and discoveries overall ratings From the TV program 'A Science Odyssey', dig deeper into the lives of the scientists who changed the way we think about the world, including geologists, biologists, astronomers, inventors and doctors. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   Women in science and medicine overall ratings Astronomers, chemists, engineers, physicists, biologists, doctors and astronauts. Women have excelled in every science. This site includes lots of biographies and a test-your-knowledge game. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? Yes   Women in science overall ratings Biographies of women in biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, and earth and space science. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   People of ideas: philosophers, scientists and theologians overall ratings Biographies of great thinkers from ancient Greece to today. Some are very short, and some are really long. Don't miss out on the philosophers and theologians - many of them were scientists too. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   Scientists of the 16th and 17th centuries overall ratings In this catalog there are 631 biographies of scientists who were around at the time of Galileo. The easiest way to find the one you want is to search on a particular subject, such as geology or biology. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   History of chemistry overall ratings A site about chemists and their place in the history of chemistry. Some of the biographies are not easy to read, but they are full of useful information. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   Atomic archive overall ratings Short, easy-to-read biographies of the key players of the atomic age, from the scientists who discovered radioactivity, to those who learned how to use and abuse it. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   Muslim scientists, mathematicians and astronomers overall ratings Non-European scientists are sometimes neglected and forgotten. This site has information on lots of important Muslim scientists through the ages. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   Ask Jeeves biographies overall ratings The biography page of the popular search engine. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   Fact Monster's people overall ratings Search this page for biographies from the Columbia Encyclopedia Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   That's my theory game show overall ratings Will the real Albert Einstein please stand up! Quiz the three Einsteins to figure out which is real, and then meet the imposters. Do the same for Sigmund Freud and the ENIAC machine. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? Yes   Einstein revealed overall ratings Everything you ever wanted to know about Albert Einstein and his work. The site also includes a time-traveller game. Some of the information is difficult to understand - but then, Einstein was a genius. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? Yes   Einstein: image and impact overall ratings Another great site about Albert Einstein. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   Benjamin Franklin: glimpses of the man overall ratings Scientist, inventor, statesman, philosopher: get to know Ben Franklin, one of the most creative and versatile thinkers of all time. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   Alfred Wegener: father of continental drift overall ratings Alfred Wegener held the world record for a hot-air balloon flight, he was an intrepid polar explorer, and he had the gut to present his radical theory that the continents move about on the Earth's surface. This site includes lots of information and some great photographs. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   Marie Curie and the science of radioactivity overall ratings A great site with lots of interesting information and great photographs about the woman who helped discover and understand radioactivity. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   The Galileo project overall ratings Galileo Galilei: his life, his work, his villa, and his daughter. Not much is left out of this site. It has some excellent photographs and other illustrations. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   All about Darwin overall ratings A site completely devoted to the life, times and work of Charles Darwin. It is a bit chaotic, but has lots of information and pictures, and also includes a Darwin quote of the week and picture of the week. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No   Yahoo web directories: Each of these directories will take you to websites about particular scientists. Some are for kids, some are for specialists. Some are really fun, with lots of photos, but some are pretty boring. To get a list of links to all the scientists, go to http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/People/ Earth scientists Biologists Chemists Physicists Astronomers