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There was a fantastic series of paperbacks, designed to enhance the old
PSSC Physics curriculum, called Science Study Series. It was published
by Anchor Books Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY. One of the titles
is "The Watershed" by Arthur Kestrel. This is one of the most complete
biographies of Kepler and was taken from Koestler's "The Sleepwalkers."
Other historical/biographical titles include: "Rutherford and the Nature
of the Atom", E.N. da C. Andrade, "Sir Isaac Newton His Life and Work"
also by da C. Andrade, "Michelson and the Speed of Light", Bernard
Jaffe. There are more but most of mine were stolen by students doing
"extra credit" reports. The entire series could easily be used as the
backbone for a History of Science program.