Record details

• ISBN: 0753455404
• ISBN: 9780753455401
• Physical Description: 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
• Publisher: London : Kingfisher, [2002]
• Copyright: ©2002

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Chapter 1 World Leaders 9 -- Kings and Queens 14 -- Politicians 19 -- Military Leaders 26 -- Chapter 2 Explorers 33 -- By Land 36 -- By Sea 45 -- By Air 51 -- In Space 54 -- Chapter 3 Scientists 57 -- Thinkers and Mathematicians 60 -- Astronomers 64 -- Physicists 67 -- Chemists 71 -- Biologists 74 -- Earth Scientists 78 -- Chapter 4 Engineers and Inventors 81 -- Construction 84 -- Electricity 86 -- Machines 90 -- By Land 94 -- By Sea 96 -- By Air 98 -- Inventors 101 -- Chapter 5 Writers and Reformers 105 -- Poets 118 -- Playwrights 120 -- Reformers 123 -- Chapter 6 Stars of Stage and Screen 129 -- Actors and Actresses 131 -- Behind the Scenes 148 -- Chapter 7 Artists and Architects 153 -- Artists 156 -- Sculptors 169 -- Photographers 171 -- Architects 173 -- Chapter 8 Musicians and Dancers 177 -- Classical Music 179 -- Opera 186 -- Popular Music 188 -- Blues and Jazz 196 -- Dance 199 -- Chapter 9 Sports Stars 201 -- Ball Sports 203 -- Track and Field 213 -- Sports on Wheels 216 -- Water and Winter Sports 218 -- Boxing 221 -- Other Sports 223 -- Chapter 10 Movers and Shakers 225 -- Lawbreakers 237.

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Subject:

Celebrities > Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.