Biography - Science and Math

Biographies of Women Mathematicians

http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm 

Illustrating the work of women in mathematics with biographical essays, commentary, and some photographs. Especially helpful for biographical information on women mathematicians before 1930.

Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics

http://cwp.library.ucla.edu 

Biographical facts and articles about the contributions of approximately 83 women, who made advances in physics between 1900 and 1976. The Reference Database lists over 500 sources on 20th century women in physics.

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences

https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html 

Biographical information for notable African Americans in science and engineering, organized by profession and alphabetically. Also includes profiles of female African American scientists, first science Ph.D.s awarded to African Americans, and statistics.

4000 Years of Women in Science

http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS 

Biographies, photographs, and references to additional material about over 125 women in the sciences.

The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive—Most Popular Biographies

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/index.html 

Biographies of great mathematicians throughout history. Timeline of mathematicians is a unique feature.

Mathematicians in the African Diaspora

http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/index.html 

Men and women from Africa and the African Diaspora who have made gains in the knowledge and use of mathematics, science, engineering, and medicine. Includes ancient and modern mathematicians and scientists as well as statistics on the number of blacks earning Ph.D. degrees in mathematics by year. 

Nobelprize.org

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/all/ 

List of all Nobel Laureates with links to pictures and information on laureates’ contributions.

Nobel Laureates in Physics, 1901 to Present

http://www.slac.stanford.edu/library/nobel 

Information about the winners, their institutional affiliations, and their groundbreaking work. 

Profiles in Science

http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/

Offers "published and unpublished items, including books, journal volumes, pamphlets, diaries, letters, manuscripts, photographs, audiotapes, video clips, and other materials."

researchrover--Biographies of Scientists

http://researchrover.com/biographyscience/

A directory of links arranged by category.

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