Seeing through the skin, with X-rays
The Nobel Prize-winning discovery that took the world by storm, even as its discoverer renounced the fame that followed.
Breathing free
A metallic monstrosity, the 'iron lung' saved thousands of polio patients.
Gone with the War
Henry Moseley blazed a brilliant scientific trail; a sniper bullet ended his too-short life.
Scientist and sorcerer
Cornelis Drebbel's inventions were mired in mystery.
B(l)ack to the basics
Scottish chemist and physician Joseph Black did fundamental work on gases and heat.
