Science history

Two reading passages describe historical experiments, discovering the cause of beriberi and the discovery of penicillin. Students answer questions.

Solvay Conference 1927

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Born on July 18, 1635, this polymath broke ground in fields ranging from pneumatics, microscopy, mechanics and astronomy to civil engineering and architecture.

Designers based in Frankfurt, Germany, have analysed hundreds of Albert Einstein's letters and notes. They also hope to include mathematical formula using Einstein's script (like pictured).

An avowed paganist in a time of religious strife, Hypatia was also one of the first women to study math, astronomy and philosophy