History & People

You can find the life stories of many scientists at the sites in this section.

Resources in this category:

About.com Guide to Inventors
http://inventors.about.com/

Learn all about inventors and their inventions. Also includes a collection of links on various topics related to inventions such as patent registration, young inventors, and even one on wacky patents!

AllMath
http://www.allmath.com/

This site has many things to help you improve your math skills: flash cards, multiplication tables, metric converters, and biographies of mathematicians.

Alphabetical Index of Women Mathematicians
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm

This site presents information about the lives of important women in the history of mathematics.

EMuseum
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/

"Many displays including ancient Egypt, the Vikings, ancient Greek civilization, prehistoric archaeological sites from around the world, world religions, world languages (where you can hear people speak in their native tongue), history of Minnesota, rock art, biographies of anthropologists, kinship and marriage, old world cafe, new world cafe,human anatomy, ethnozoology, ethnobotony, and much more."

Eric Weisstein's World of Science
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/

The best resources for Math and Science on the Internet. Links to comprehensive sites on Math, Physics, Chemistry and Astronomy and the Biographies of famous scientists.

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html

Find out about African American scientists and engineers. You can read about biochemists, computer scientists, entomolgists, inventors, zoologists and many others.

4000 Years of Women in Science
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/

Learn about many famous women inventors, scholars and writers throughout history. Also features an interactive quiz and a crossword puzzle.

Inside AT&T Labs-- Brain Spin
http://www.att.com/attlabs/technology/forfun/

Learn about Alexander Graham Bell or the telephone or fiber optics or even the internet stucture.

Invention Dimension
http://web.mit.edu/invent/

This is a great site for learning more about American inventors and their discoveries. The Invention Dimension highlights a different American inventor every week. Subjects range from Benjamin Franklin to Steve Jobs. There is even a national survey on inventions!

The Invention Dimension: Invention of the Week
http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-main.html

Features a new inventor and invention each week. Click on the Inventor of the Week Archives link to find more stories about famous and not-so-famous inventors!

Inventive Kids
http://www.inventivekids.com/

"Play, learn and have fun! Choose your activity and click to begin an inventive experience."

Inventive Women
http://www.inventivewomen.com/

"Imagine, from the tasty chocolate chip cookie to computer programming, inventions by women are everywhere! And many of these inventions were created by Canadian women. This site begins to tell their impressive story."

Leonardo Home Page
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html

Explore the scientific mind of Leonardo Da Vinci with this web page. Find examples of the simple machines that people used during the Renaissance, as well as information about Leonardo's art and inventions.

The Life of Henry Ford
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/hf/default.asp

Explore the life and work of Henry Ford.

Mathematician Biographies
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/BiogIndex.ht...

Do you need information about someone famous in the field of mathematics? This site has many biographies of mathematicians from all time periods.

Mathematician Trading Cards
http://www.mathcards.com/

"Think your Mickey Mantle rookie card is cool? Think again. Get ready to enter the new era in trading cards. Mathematician Trading Cards! Get 'em, trade 'em, impress your friends and your Calculus professor."

Technology in 1900
http://pbskids.org/wayback/tech1900/

What was technology like 100 years ago? Find out on this site, where you can read about the first telephone operators, early race cars, and music video 1990s style.

Women of NASA
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html

Do you want to know more about the women who work for NASA? This site has interviews, profiles, and even chat times that let you have your questions answered by NASA's female scientists and astronauts -- live! Some documents and interviews are also available in Spanish.

Zoom Inventors and Inventions
http://www.ZoomSchool.com/inventors/

Learn all about inventors and inventions throughout history. A wide variety of topics are covered here, including clothing, communication, food, medicine, science and industry, transportation, and the underseas. There are also lists of women inventors, African-American inventors, and inventors and inventions from several different countries.