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Science: Biography

Books

American Men and Women of Science.
American Men of Science: a biographical directory.
Asimov, Isaac. Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology: the lives and achievements of 1510 great scientists form ancient times to the present chronologically arranged. 2nd rev. ed. 1982
Starts at Imhotep and ends with Hawking.
Sammons, Vivian. Blacks in Science and Medicine.

Websites

Profiles in Sciences
"This site celebrates twentieth century leaders in biomedical research and public health."
Women of Invention: women inventors and patent holders.
A reference guide from the Library of Congress.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Oral History Collection.
Interviews with distinguished scientists.
Women in Astronomy