Science Source December 28, 2009 DVD

Denis Papin (1647 - c. 1712) was a French physicist, mathematician and inventor, known for inventing the steam digester, which was a forerunner of the...

Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870-1942), French physicist. Perrin was born and educated in France, and was a professor at the Sorbonne, University of Paris,...

Bust of Plato (427-347 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher. Plato's spirit of rational inquiry led to today's scientific method. His writings shaped and co...

Gaius Plinius Secundus, known as Pliny the Elder, from a Roman cameo. This is the only portrait reputed to be of Pliny, but its identity is disputed,...

Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788-1867), from a reproduction of a bust in the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris, France. Poncelet was a Frenc...

A chipped, rectangular seal with an everyday motif showing how riverboats were built, found in Mohenjo-Daro (Mound of the Dead) one of the largest cit...

Elihu Root (1845-1937), American lawyer, senator, Secretary of State under Theodore Roosevelt, Secretary of War under McKinley and Roosevelt, and the...

Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), chemist and physicist and the "father of nuclear physics." He discovered the nature of atomic structure and energy. Aft...

Jonas Salk (1914-1995), American medical researcher and virologist. He is best known for developing the Salk polio vaccine. In the 40s other microbiol...

Tesla's "Apparatus for Transmitting Electrical Energy" (shown here) was patented in 1914. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), a Serb-American physicist, mechani...

French eighteenth-century thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment. Voltaire, with his arm raised, is prominent among a group of intellectual friends, who...

Sir Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940), English physicist. He discovered the electron in 1897 and determined its charge and mass. He is considered one of...

Sir Alexander Robertus Todd (also known as Baron Todd of Trumpington) (1907-1997), a Scottish biochemist. His work on nucleotides won him the 1957 Nob...

A seal with a unicorn relief, found in Mohenjo-Daro (Mound of the Dead) one of the largest city-settlements in the Indus Valley, now located in the pr...

Meeting of the Jacobins, January 1792. During the French Revolution, rebels called Jacobins met to condemn the monarchy and anyone connected with it....

Chen Ning Yang (born 1922) of Priceton University and Tsung-Dao Lee (born 1926) of Columbia University, whose work disproving the conservation of pari...

Illustration of sagittal section of the female pelvis showing cancer in the muscular wall of the bladder. Additional anatomy shown includes the uterus...

Illustration of the sagittal view of brain anatomy showing the cerebrum, cerebellum, midbrain and beginning of spinal cord.

Editorial illustration for article on caring for cancer patients with constipation. Shown is a side view of the large and small intestines.

Illustration of the internal view of a capillary showing the effects of chronic inflammation. Destruction of the vessel wall can be seen in the lower...

Conceptual illustration showing anemic red blood cells coming out of capillary bed and a close up of hemoglobin with four deoxygenated heme molecules....

Illustration of psychomotor disadaptation syndrome (PDS), a postural and psychological problem seen in the frail and very elderly. The fear of falling...

Illustration showing a mid-sagittal section of a male pelvis with the bladder, pubic symphysis, colon, rectum, prostate, sacral plexus, arteries and m...

Illustration depicting hypovolemia. This is a common but misunderstood and often misdiagnosed problem with cancer patients. This occurs when there is...

Illustration representing elevated homocysteine levels in plasma. This has an association with atherosclerotic vascular disease in geriatric patients...

This illustrates how chronic inflammation can act as a tumor promotor resulting in cancer growth and spread. Shown are areas of hypoxia, vascular chan...

An illustration showing various aspects related to Otitis Media. The main image shows a small child flicking at her ear which is a clinical sign of a...

Illustrates a sagittal section of lumbar spinal anatomy showing a permanently placed catheter for delivery of pain medication directly into the thecal...

Editorial image on treatment of heart failure with normal left ventricle ejection fraction. Prevalence of heart failure with a normal LVEF increases w...

Illustration showing the areas of the brain supplied by the internal carotid arteries, which branches into the ophthalmic artery, posterior communicat...

Illustration showing the areas of the brain supplied by the internal carotid arteries, which branches into the ophthalmic artery, posterior communicat...

Illustration of the surgical procedure of the repair of peyronie's syndrome. Illustration shows the dorsal view of the penis during surgery. The penis...

Editorial illustration of the life cycle of malaria. The illustration shows the stages of the parasite life cycle in both the human and mosquito host.

Illustration of nicotine pathways. Nicotine activates dopamine transmission which then stimulates pleasure pathways in the brain.

Conceptual illustration comparing a clinical checklist to diagnosis Parkinson's disease to the brain. Parkinson's disease causes movement disorders fr...

Illustration showing the EGF receptor dimer on the surface of a cell and the various pathways the receptor triggers. The different cascades seen throu...

Illustration showing a hand afflicted with gout against a backdrop of gout crystals

Illustration showing an editorial representation of an allogeneic stem cell transplant grafting with chronic graft vs. host disease as a complication....

Illustration showing a metal stent fully deployed in the duodenum where a tumor has started growing over it. The portion of metal stent that breaks th...

Conceptual illustration showing a cross section of the hypothalamus in the upper left hand corner which is effected (green glow) by norepinephrine (or...

Illustration showing pathway that regulates cell proliferation and metabolism when influenced by environmental factors. This pathway links cell growth...

Illustration showing editorial representation of oral mucositis in the ulcerative/bacteriologic phase that depicts bacteria typically present in the m...

Illustration showing a deployed self expanding metal stent (ultraflex) in the distal esophagus used to open the esophagus where cancer is restricting...

Illustration showing the olfactory, glossopharyngeal and lingual nerves and where they are in the nasal cavity and tongue. The right side shows exampl...

Illustration of endometriosis migration. Mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow migrate into the pelvic cavity and differentiate into endomet...

Illustration showing coating of platelets with IgG auto-antibodies, which renders them susceptible to opsonization and phagocytosis by a splenic macro...

Illustration showing a "holograph" of the surgeons hands to show that this is Robotic-assisted surgery and the surgeon is still in control. Robotic su...

Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis is a recurrent urinary tract infection due to the same organism (eg, Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Myco...

Illustration showing kinematic patterns of a fall injury. The style of illustration was inspired by the italianate Futurist movement of the 1920's.

Conceptual illustration to draw attention to the importance of speed in the treatment of trauma and injury for a better outcome in patient care.