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Marconi, Guglielmo

Nobel Archives Includes short biography with links to other sites
http://www.almaz.com/nobel/physics/1909a.html

Nobel eMuseum Biography, includes information on the Nobel Prize and a photo image. http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1909/marconi-bio.html

Site 3 Biography and Photo image
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btmarc.html

Site 4 Photo image of a young Marconi and short biography. Scroll down to links to other web sites. biographical data
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/marconi.htm


Maxwell, James Clerk

Site 1 Discusses Maxwell's theory
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9655/maxwell.htm

Site 2 Photo of Maxwell and biography
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/5680/maxwell.html

Site 3 Maxwell Theory
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1732/mth.ht

Site 4 Photo image of Maxwell and lengthy biographical data
http://www.phy.uct.ac.za/courses/phy205f/maxwell.htm




Mayer, Marie Goeppert

Nobel Archives Includes information about her nobel prize and links to other sources
http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/physics/1963b.html

Nobel Archives Includes information about her nobel prize and links to other sources
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1963/mayer-bio.html

Site 3 Excerpted from the book Biographical Memoirs
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~moszkows/mgm/rgsmgm4.htm

Site 4 Photo image and biographical information
http://www.anl.gov/OPA/news96/news961213.html

Site 5 Short Biographical Sketch
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/ReadingRoom/History/Biographies/goeppert-mayer-maria

Site 6 Includes several photo images and much biographical data
http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/sci/mgm.htm

Site 7 Discusses Mayer's work and its impact. National Women's Hall of Fame.
http://www.greatwomen.org/profile.php?id=105


McClintock, Barbara

Nobel Archives Includes information about her nobel prize and has links to other sources
http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/medicine/1983a.html

Nobel eMuseum Includes information on the Nobel Prize and a photo image. http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1983/mcclintock-autobio.html

Site 3 Biographical Information with three links to other sites
http://www.edc.org/WomensEquity/women/mcclint.htm

Site 4 Lengthy Biographical Information
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/BC/Barbara_McClintock.html

Site 5 Photo image and biographical data
http://hermes.mbl.edu/women_of_science/mcclintock.html

Site 6 Discusses McClintock's work and its impact. National Women's Hall of Fame.
http://www.greatwomen.org/profile.php?id=106

Site 7 A Memorial to McClintock.
http://www.nalusda.gov/pgdic/Probe/v3n1_2/mcclinto.html

Site 8 A timeline.
http://www.cshl.org/public/mcclintock.html


McCormick, Cyrus Hall
Site 1 Biography by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station.
http://www.vaes.vt.edu/steeles/mccormick/bio.html

Site 2 A short biography and a photo image. http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/101.html

Site 3 Discusses the impact of Cyrus's work.
http://www.gardenofpraise.com/ibdcyrus.htm

Site 4 Lengthy Biographical Information
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/ihc/cyrus.asp


Site 5 Interesting article that suggests that McCormick may not have been the only one who should be given credit for it.
http://www.astro.virginia.edu/research/observatories/26inch/history/reaper.html




Mead, Margaret

Site 1 Huge Mead site with links to many other sources.

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_margaret_mead.htm

Site 2 Lengthy Biography
http://akak.essortment.com/margaretmead_rbys.htm

Site 3 Biography with photo image.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/klmno/mead_margaret.html

Site 4 Biography
http://www.gwu.edu/~asc/biographies/Mead/bio.html





Mendel, Gregor
Site 1 Wikipedia Biography. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel

Site 2 Biography; particularly  helpful with the importance of his work to others.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/klmno/mendel_gregor.html

Site 3 Biography from the creator's of the Mendel Medal
http://astro4.ast.vill.edu/mendel/gregor.htm

Site 4 Use the Essays and Commentary and the Timeline.  Also, available for exploration are the papers of Mendel.
http://www.mendelweb.org/

Site 5 A layman's explanation of Mendel's theories.
http://anthro.palomar.edu/mendel/mendel_1.htm

Site 6 Discusses Mendel's experiments and whether they'd hold up as scientific proof today.
http://mendel.imp.ac.at/mendeljsp/biography/biography.jsp






Mendeleyev, Dmitri

Site 1 Short biographical sketch.
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~rsauzier/Mendeleyev.html

Site 2 Photo image and biography
http://www.chem.mtu.edu/pcharles/SCIHISTORY/Mendeleyev.html

Site 3 lengthy biography with photo image.
http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/chem/MUCT/Mendeleyev.html

Site 4 Describes the importance of Mendeleyev's work.
http://www.nidlink.com/~jfromm/history/periodic.htm





Mitchell, Maria

Site 2 Photo image and biography
http://www.bena.com/lucidcafe/library/95aug/mitchell.html

Site 3 Biographical information
http://www.windows.umich.edu/people/enlightenment/mitchell.html

Site 4 Short Timeline
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/MITCHELL.html

Site 5 Photo image and biography.
Nobel Archives Sculptural Bust and Biography
http://www.almaz.com/nobel/medicine/1933a.html

Nobel eMuseum Terrific photos of Morgan and his work. Biographical data.
http://www.nobel.se/medicine/articles/lewis/

Site 3 Description of research and study with colleagues, teachers, and students.
http://www.cshl.org/public/History/scientists/morgan.html#vita

Site 4 Photo image and biography including Nobel Prize
http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb/concept_10/con10bio.html

Site 5 Photo images of Morgan and his work and biography. Be sure to click next page.
http://biology.uky.edu/MIF/thm.html




Morse, Samuel

Site 1 Photo image and biography.
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/106.html

Site 2 Discusses and shows images of the patent that Morse received on the Morse Code.
http://patentmuseum.com/ebayhtmls/morse.html

Site 3 Several photos of Morse and his work. Biographic information.
http://www.rod.beavon.clara.net/samuel.htm

Site 4 Photo image of Morse and the telegraph and links to biographical sites.
http://www.cary26.k12.il.us/schools/bg/brixius/PAGE12.HTM






Muller, Herman Joseph

Nobel eMuseum Photo image and biography.
http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1946/

Muller, Paul
Nobel Prize Photo image and biography.
http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1948/muller-bio.html

Site 2 An explanation of DDT and Muller's role in it.
http://www.aaenvironment.com/DDT.htm

Site 3 Good biography, photo image, links to video and audio clips.
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=671&;sid=1746554&cKey=1052205600000

Site 4 a Timeline of DDT creation and use.
http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.htm







Nernst, Walter



Nobel Archives Photo image and biography including description of the work that earned him the Nobel Prize. Use the links at the bottom, too.
http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/nobel.html

Nobel eMuseum Photo image and biography including description of the work that earned him the Nobel Prize.
http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1920/nernst-bio.html

Site 2 Photo Image and Short Biographical Sketch
http://main.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/sci/whn.htm

Site 3 Photo Image and Short Biographical Sketch
http://www.chem.uky.edu/courses/che105/biografy/nernst.html








Newton, Sir Isaac



Site 1 Biographical information excerpted from A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by W. W. Rouse Ball
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Newton/RouseBall/RB_Newton.html

Site 2 Photo image and biography
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Newton.html

Site 3 Science World's Biography.
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Newton.html



Site 4 Nice biography.
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/newtlife.html








Nobel, Alfred



Nobel eMuseum Lengthy biography with photo images of Alfred, his parents, and his home.
http://www.nobel.se/nobel/alfred-nobel/

Site 2 Biography and photo image.
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95oct/alfnobel.html

Site 3 Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.nobel.no/eng_com_will1.html



Site 4 Nobel Peace Prize
http://wawa.essortment.com/alfrednobel_rbki.htm










Oerstad, Hans Christian



Site 1 Good biography and several photo images.
http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/oersted.htm

Site 2 Science World article.
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Oersted.html

Site3 Photo image and biographical information
http://www.longman.co.uk/tt_secsci/resources/scimon/mar_01/oersted.htm

Site 4 An explanation of Oersted's experiment.
Site 5 Short biography with photo image.
http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Biographies/OerstedBio.htm








Ohm, George



Site 1 Photo image and biography
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Ohm.html

Site 2 Short Biography, Photo image, and explanation of Ohm's Law
http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~asommer/ohm.html

Site 3 Photo image and biographical sketch
http://tritium.fis.unb.br/Fis3Exp/wwwtdec.coe.drexel.edu/edl_website/Docs/INSTR_LABS/EDL_LAB2/Georg_Ohm/Ohm.html








Oppenheimer, Robert



Site 1 Photo image and very short biographical data
http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~eww6n/bios/Oppenheimer.html

Site 2 Biographical information
http://www.labri.fr/Equipe/CombAlgo/membre/loeb/tree/julius.html

Site 3 Photo image and biographical information
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/baoppe.html

Site 4 Nice photo images and biographical sketch
http://www.norfacad.pvt.k12.va.us/project/oppenhei/HomPag.htm

Site 5 Nice photo images and biographical sketch
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/Oppenheimer.shtml

Site 6 Biography with good quotation.
http://www.doug-long.com/oppie.htm

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