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Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie     Story of a poor immigrant boy who grew to build an industrial empire and to become the richest man in the world. From The American Experience | The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/

Abraham Lincoln: Discovering the Man, the President     Various illustrated articles on little-known aspects of President Lincoln's life. From Abraham Lincoln Research Site http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln2.html

Greatest U-boat commanders     Top U-boat Aces, Commanders that sank over 50,000 tons of shipping and much more. From uboat.net - The Men http://uboat.net/men/

Einstein: still right     Amazingly enough, as the century closes scientists are still gathering evidence that the revolutionary physicist Albert Einstein got it right when he developed relativity theory early in this century. From Everything's relative http://whyfiles.org/052einstein/

Amalie Dietrich     A German naturalist and botanist, Dietrich was a strong and courageous woman who spent many years 'wandering' north and central Queensland in the late 1800s to bring the natural wonders of Australia to the European scientific community. From Bright Sparcs Online Exhibition: Amalie Dietrich http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/dietrich/dietrich.htm

Sir Mark Oliphant     Australian nuclear physicist and former Governor of South Australia, Oliphant worked with Rutherford at the famous Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University in England. His work laid the foundations for the development of nuclear weapons and microwave radar. From Bright Sparcs Online Exhibition: Sir Mark Oliphant http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/oliphant/oliphant.htm

Forbidden territory     Stanley and Livingstone's magnificent trip to Africa. Learn about their discoveries and view the slides of Africa that Livingstone was the first to take. From Forbidden Territory @ nationalgeographic.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lantern/index.html

Lewis and Clark Online Base Camp     Lewis and Clark's sitings on their way of exploring the west. Learn where they made stops and what they did. From Lewis & Clark @ nationalgeographic.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisclark/index.html

Frank Lloyd Wright: Life and Work     For more than 70 years, Frank Lloyd Wright showed his countrymen new ways to build their homes and see the world around them. He created some of the most monumental, and some of the most intimate spaces in America. He designed everything: banks and resorts, office buildings and churches, a filling station and a synagogue, a beer garden and an art museum. Learn more about organic architecture, what fueled Wright's passion, and how Wright’s work changed architecture and America. From Frank Lloyd Wright http://www.pbs.org/flw/buildings/

Around the World in 72 Days     Women on the Beat. Pioneering journalist Nellie Bly attempted to go Around the World in 72 Days. While most women journalists of the 19th century penned delicate, innocuous prose for newspaper society sections, a bold few chose to enter the rough-and-tumble, male-dominated world of reporting "hard news." These pioneers overcame gender biases to deliver sizzling copy to papers across America that challenged perceptions and pushed for societal reform. One of Nellie's accomplishments was a searing exposé of a New York City mental asylum. From The American Experience | Around the World in 72 Days http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/world/

Edward Hopper Scrapbook     Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is one of America's most revered artists. Broad but intimate view of Hopper's life and work. Browse letters written by Hopper, his friends, and his wife, Jo; read original clippings related to his many artistic achievements; view photographs of Hopper and reproductions of his artwork; and hear audio clips of him discussing his paintings. From SAAM: An Edward Hopper Scrapbook http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/collections/exhibits/hopper/index.html

Country doctor     W. Eugene Smith's classic 1958 photo essay. Compelling black & white photographs and essay of the many facets of life for a country doctor in 1958. From W. Eugene Smith: Country Doctor http://www.life.com/Life/essay/country_doctor/

Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist)     Died. Jackson Pollock, 44, bearded shock trooper of modern painting, who spread his canvases on the floor, dribbled paint, sand and broken glass on them, smeared and scratched them, named them with numbers...; at the wheel of his convertible in a side road crack-up near East Hampton, N.Y. - Time Magazine August 20, 1956 From NGA:Jackson Pollock web feature http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/pollockhome.html

Mark Rothko: His Life and Works     One of the preeminent artists of his generation, Mark Rothko is closely identified with the New York School, a circle of painters that emerged during the 1940s as a new collective voice in American art. During a career that spanned five decades, he created a new and impassioned form of abstract painting. Rothko's work is characterized by rigorous attention to formal elements such as color, shape, balance, depth, composition, and scale; yet, he refused to consider his paintings solely in these terms. From NGA | Mark Rothko http://www.nga.gov/feature/rothko/rothkosplash.html

1768 - the Voyage of the Endeavour     Engaging but brief site. Captain Cook's first voyage around the world on the Endeavour (1743-1820). Priceless scientific specimens and exquisite works of natural history art are on display. Extensively animated, requires Flash and QuickTimeVR. From Voyages of discovery, The Natural History Museum, London http://www.nhm.ac.uk/interactive/VRendeavour/index.htm

Einstein revealed     Timeline of Einstein's life and discoveries. Get a general explanation of his principle of relativity and light mechanics. From NOVA Online/Einstein Revealed http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/

Einstein: Image and Impact     Einstein's biography. Learn about his greatest inventions in chronological order. Hear his voice explain his famous equation. From Einstein-Image and Impact. AIP History Center exhibit. http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/

Citizen Kurchatov: Stalin's Bomb Maker     Stalin's enigmatic director of the Soviet project to build the atomic bomb. Story of a complex, world-class physicist who became the driving force behind the Soviet Union's race to develop the atomic bomb. Igor Kurchatov, born in 1903, believed the Russian revolution would lead to a bright future of scientific socialism. From Citizen Kurchatov http://www.pbs.org/opb/citizenk/index.html

Buckminster fuller: Thinking out loud     Architectural and other inventions of the great Buckminster Fuller. An architect, designer, engineer, poet, philosopher, author and global iconoclast, Fuller was a true visionary, a Renaissance man best remembered as creator of the geodesic dome. Find out about the geodesic dome, dymaxion house, transport, megastructures and more. From www.pbs.org/wnet/bucky.cgi http://www.thirteen.org/bucky/