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Treasure Trove of scientific Biography

Treasure Trove of scientific Biography

A very detailed list, with biographies, of almost any physicist anyone can think of!

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http://www.treasure-troves.com/bios/topics/Physicists.html
Roger Penrose biography

Roger Penrose biography

A biography of the mathematician with lots of links through to related topics.

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http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Penrose.html
Quick biography of Benjamin Franklin

Quick biography of Benjamin Franklin

A good biography with some interesting pictures.

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http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/facts/
Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice (1901-1984)

Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice (1901-1984)

Brief biography from Eric Weisstein's World of Biography with links to topics such as antiparticles and the Schrodinger equation.

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http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Dirac.html
The Babbage Pages: Biography

The Babbage Pages: Biography

An interesting biography, written with a human interest slant, of Charles Babbage who played a key role in the invention of computers.

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http://www.ex.ac.uk/BABBAGE/biograph.html
Gallery of Electromagnetic Personalities

Gallery of Electromagnetic Personalities

Brief biographies of 41 scientists connected with the study of electromagnetism. This site also contains links to a brief history of Optics and Electronics

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http://www.ee.umd.edu/~taylor/frame1.htm
The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project

A set of sources for information on the Manhatten Project. Biographies of scientists, photographs of bomb blasts and victims, and audio clips.

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http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/educators/study-guides/history_manhattan-project.htm
Atomic Archive

Atomic Archive

Very comprehensive and fascinating site covering the history of the invention of the atomic bomb and its consequences with biographies, videos and animations of nuclear physics.

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http://www.atomicarchive.com/index.shtml
The Oppenheimer Affair

The Oppenheimer Affair

Information on nuclear weapons and war. Biographies of scientists, photographs of bomb blasts and victims, and audio clips. Specifically the Oppenheimer Affair is considered on this link

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http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/history/cold-war/oppenheimer-affair/inde
A Brief History of Cosmology

A Brief History of Cosmology

Outline description of the History of Cosmology. Includes biographies of key figures.

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http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Cosmology.html
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