BEST BETS
Eric Weisstein's World of
Scientific Biography
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/
An encyclopedia of scientific
biography, organized by branch of science, gender, nationality,
historical period, awards, or alphabetically.
Historic Figures
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/index.shtml
Biographies of hundreds of people who
influenced British or world history.
Scirus
http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/
A science-specific
search engine.
OTHER
BIOGRAPHY SITES
Biography
Center
http://www.biography-center.com/
Links to more
than 10,000 biographies.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp
Honors the men and
women responsible for technological advances.
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
http://www.almaz.com/nobel/nobel.html
Links to biographical information about Nobel Prize winners.