Oxford Portraits in Science is a collection of biographies of famous scientists for young adults edited by the Harvard University astronomer Owen Gingerich. Each book portrays the life and personality of an eminent scientist, and the thought processes by which they made their discoveries.
The series is notable as an example of the Sobel effect - an interest in popular accounts of scientific history and biography, stimulated by the success of the book Longitude written by journalist Dava Sobel. Some works in this series have also been written by science journalists as well as scientists and science historians.
Works Title Date: Author: ISBN Bell Alexander Graham Bell: Making Connections 1996 Pasachoff Naomi Pasachoff Babbage Charles Babbage and the Engines of Perfection 1999 Collier Bruce Collier Darwin Charles Darwin and the Evolution of Revolution 1996 Stefoff Rebecca Stefoff Fermi Enrico Fermi and the Revolutions of Modern Physics 1999 Cooper Dan Cooper Rutherford Ernest Rutherford and the Explosion of Atoms 2003 Heilbron John L. Heilbron Galilei Galileo Galilei: First Physicist 1999 MacLachlan James MacLachlan Mendel Gregor Mendel and the Roots of Genetics 1999 Edelson Edward Edelson Newton Isaac Newton and the Scientific Revolution2004 Christianson Gale E. Christianson Pavlov Ivan Pavlov Kepler Johannes Kepler and the New Astronomy2001 Voelkel James R. Voelkel Pauling Linus Pauling and the Chemistry of Life 1998 Hager Tom Hager Pasteur Louis Pasteur and the Hidden World of Microbes 2001 Robbins Louise E. Robbins Mead Margaret Mead: Coming of Age in America 1999 Mark Joan Mark Curie Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity 1997 Pasachoff Naomi Pasachoff Faraday Michael Faraday: Physics and Faith 2001 Russell Colin A. Russell Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus: Making Earth a Planet 2004 Gingerich Owen Gingerich and James MacLachlan Harvey William Harvey and the Mechanics of the Heart
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