Scientists, Physicians, & Mathematicians

From your About.com Guide, a small but growing collection of individuals from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Each page offers a brief description of who the scientist was and what he accomplished, as well as useful websites, books, and other resources.

In Paris, Bacon acquired considerable renown, took the degree of doctor of theology, and seems to have received the complimentary title of doctor mirabilis. A five-page article from the 1911 Encyclopedia.

A concise bio of the Danish Father of Modern Astronomy, by About Guide to Space Nick Greene.

Graphics-intensive exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford.

Substantial overview of Galileo's career by About Guide to Space Nick Greene.

Rice University provides an excellent source of info on the life and work of Galileo and the science of his time. Includes a timeline, glossary, maps, a searchable database of scientists and much more.

About Women's History Guide Jone Johnson Lewis offers this concise profile of the only known woman prosector in medieval Europe.

An introduction to the story of Hypatia with links to great online resources, by your About.com Guide to Ancient/Classical History, N.S. Gill.

Biography of the Renaissance physician, scientist, author and inventor at the Galileo Project, Rice University.

Article by Danuta Bois at the Distinguished Women of Past and Present site focuses on the eleventh-century physician who helped alleviate the suffering of women and wrote medical books.