Richard Tames

"Step back in time 3,000 years to the shores of the eastern Mediterranean where one of the most enduring and influential civilizations of the Western world is emerging"--Publisher description

A biography of the Polish-born scientist who, with her husband Pierre, was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for discovering radium.

Describes the life and accomplishments of Nelson Mandela from his early activities with the African National Congress to his imprisonment and release.