Groundbreakers

This volume is part of a biography series exploring the lives and achievements of important inventors and pioneers of science. As well as providing a life story and an analysis of their work, this book places their achievements in context by looking at the technological and historical context of the time. The book includes: a look at the ongoing impact of the subjects' work; quotes and writings from the newspapers and journals of the time; and information about the men and women who affected the subjects' life and work.