Secondary sources provide second-hand information and commentary from researchers. These are the books and articles that you find in the library and in the databases that tell you about something that happened in history.
Some databases that may be helpful in finding sources for your project.
Sir William and Caroline Herschel revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos.
German-born British astronomers, William and Caroline Herschel. William discovered Uranus, and Caroline was the first woman to discover a comet.
James Clerk Maxwell is considered to be one of the greatest scientists of all time was also a man of faith.
James Clerk Maxwell, a Scottish physicist, and Michael Faraday, the inventor of the electric engine and electric generator were two of the most creative scientists of all time.
Michael Faraday, father of electromagnetism, also was a man of faith.
Charles Lyell is a geologist whose research laid the foundations for evolutionary biology.
Gregor Mendel, botanist, teacher and Augustinian prelate, laid the mathematical foundation for the science of genetics.
This is a biography about Dr. Jonas Salk, who developed a vaccine against polio.
Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin.
Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins received the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discoveries with DNA.
Alfred Wegener was a German meteorologist and physicist who created the theory of continental drift.
A scientific biography of the Curie's, and their discoveries.
Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.
Nikola Tesla, Serbian American inventor and engineer who discovered the rotating magnetic field. He also developed the three-phase system of electricity.
This is a biography about three female scientists: Rosalind Franklin ( DNA), Meliva Einstein, Sophie Germain.
This book on Tesla, looks at the controversies that surrounded his life: lost patents to Westinghouse, his falling out with Edison and his fight with Marconi.
Enrico Fermi, winner of the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on Nuclear fission.
