EXPLORERS of the WORLD

["Mckenzie, Jamie" <jmckenzie@MSMAIL.BHAM.WEDNET.EDU>]

Visit the new biographies site at the Bellingham Public
Schools.  This site is devoted to Explorers of four kinds:
the land, the sky, ideas and the arts.

http://www.bham.wednet.edu

Explorers of the World

                         Those who dare to dream . . .
                    Those who dare to challenge the boundaries
                      of space, time, ignorance and science.

                     What kinds of people chose a life of exploration,
                            challenge and discovery?
                     What do you think of the explorers at this site?
                          Which do you admire the most?

An initial list of those who explored ideas . . .

Susan B. Anthony - fighter for women's rights
            Benjamin Banneker - scientist (Macro Press
            biography)
            Alexander Graham Bell - inventor
            Neils Bohr - scientist
            Tycho Brahe - Astronomer
            Rachel Carson - scientist and author
            Copernicus - scientist (Macro Press biography)
            Marie Curie - scientist (Macro Press biography) |
            Postage Stamp Biography
            Charles Darwin - scientist (Macro Press
            biography) | More
            Charles Drew - scientist (Macro Press biography)
            Thomas Edison - More scientist (Macro Press
            biography)
            Einstein on-line Albert Einstein - physicist
            Benjamin Franklin - inventor, scientist, political
            leader. Visit the Franlin Institute
            Rosalind Franklin - X-ray crystallographer
            Galileo Galilei - scientist
            Leo Gomez - scientist (Macro Press biography)
            Stephen Hawking - scientist (Macro Press
            biography)
            Johannes Kepler - scientist
            Martin Luther King - civil rights leader
            Gugliemo Marconi - inventor
            Maria Geoppert Mayer - scientist (Macro Press
            biography)
            Barbara McClintock - scientist (Macro Press
            biography)
            Margaret Mead - anthropologist
            Maria Mitchell - scientist (Macro Press biography)
            Isaac Newton - scientist (Macro Press biography) |
            More | More
            Sandra Day O'Connor - Supreme Court Justice
            Louis Pasteur - scientist
            Ruth Patrick - scientist (Macro Press biography)
            Linus Pauling - Nobel winner in Chemistry and
            peace
            Miguel Rios - scientist (Macro Press biography)
            Eloy Rodriguez - scientist (Macro Press biography)
            Florence Sabin - scientist
            Jonas Salk - scientist
            James Watson - scientist
            Leonardo da Vinci - inventor, scientist, artist


Jamieson McKenzie, Ed.D.
Director of Libraries, Media and Technology
Bellingham Public Schools
1306 Dupont Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
jmckenzie@msmail.bham.wednet.edu
http://www.bham.wednet.edu
(360) 676-6525


"The question is the answer."