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Martin Luther King Jr. : The American Dream (A Short Biography for Children) Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. Best Children's Biographies...

Barack Obama : the 44th and current President of the United States (A Short Biography for Children) Former Illinois Senator Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States. Inaugurated on January 27, 2009, he is the first African-American to serve as U.S. president. Best...

Erwin Schrödinger : The Fundamental Idea of Wave Mechanics (A Short Biography for Children) Austrian theoretical physicist Erwin Schrödinger contributed to the wave theory of matter and to other fundamentals of quantum mechanics. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography...

Albert Einstein : Genius of the Twentieth Century (A Short Biography for Children) Albert Einstein was a German-born physicist who developed the theory of relativity. He is considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for...

Marie Curie : The Discovery of Radioactivity (A Short Biography for Children) Marie Curie was a Polish-born French physicist famous for her work on radioactivity and twice a winner of the Nobel Prize. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking about what a child...

Johannes Kepler : The Laws of Planetary Motion (A Short Biography for Children) Johannes Kepler was the first strong supporter of the heliocentric theory of Copernicus and the discoverer of the three laws of planetary motion. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids...

Jackie Robinson : the First Black Major League Baseball Player Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play major league baseball. Throughout his decade-long career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he made advancements in the cause of civil rights for black athletes. Best Children's...

Neil Bohr : Discoverer of the Atomic Structure (A Short Biography for Children) Niels Bohr was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and humanitarian whose revolutionary theories on atomic structures helped shape research worldwide. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking...

Max Planck : Founder of Quantum Mechanics (A Short Biography for Children) Max Planck was a theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, which revolutionized our understanding of atomic and subatomic particles. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by...

Enrico Fermi : Developers of the First Atomic Bomb (A Short Biography for Children) Physicist Enrico Fermi built the prototype of a nuclear reactor and worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bomb. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking about...

Henry Ford : Greatest American Hero (A Short Biography for Children) One of America's foremost industrialists, Henry Ford revolutionized assembly-line modes of production for the automobile. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking about what a child...

Mahatma Gandhi : Father of the Nation (A Short Biography for Children) Mahatmas Gandhi was the primary leader of India's independence movement and also the architect of a form of civil disobedience that would influence the world. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by...

Archimedes : Great Mathematician of the Ancient World (A Short Biography for Children) Archimedes who was a great mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. His outstanding contributions in the field of science brought about significant changes to the scientific world. ...

Marie Antoinette : The Last Queen of France (A Short Biography for Children) Marie Antoinette helped provoke the popular unrest that led to the French Revolution and to the overthrow of the monarchy in August 1792. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking about...