"Designed for middle and high school students, A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy is an ideal reference to notable male and female scientists in the field of space and astronomy, from antiquity to the present. Containing more than 150 entries and approximately 50 black-and-white photographs, this exciting volume in the Notable Scientists series emphasizes these scientists' contributions to the field as well as their effects on those who have followed. A general introduction explains who is included in the book and why, and several indexes list scientists by field of specialization, nationality, subject area, and chronology. A bibliography and an index round out this comprehensive reference. Entries include: Al-Battanni (Albatgenus), Aryabhata I, Tycho Brahe, Galileo Galilei, Stephen Hawking, Maria Margaretha Winkelmann Kirch, Leucippus, James Alfred Van Allen, Sarah F. Whiting."
"Profiles more than 130 scientists from around the world who made important contributions in the fields of space and astronomy, including John Couch Adams, Albert Einstein, and Plato."@en

A to Z of scientists in space and astronomy