Science Source December 28, 2009 DVD

John Locke in 1704, in an engraving by H. Robinson from the original 1697 painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723), which hangs in a hall of Christ...

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829), French naturalist and an early proponent of the idea of evolution. Color-enhanced version of BN6730.

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), writer of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," among other books. Carroll's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was a...

Thomas Babington Macaulay, (1800-1859), British poet, essayist, historian, Whig politician and a Member of Parliament for Edinburgh. Color-enhanced ve...

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), born Augusta Ada Byron, the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron. She is known now mainly...

Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe Laennec (1781-1826), French physician and inventor of the stethoscope. This painting is by Theobald Chartran (1849-1907) and...

Cast of a Darwinius masillae fossil from the Eocene Epoch, 47 millions years ago. Known as "Ida", the fossil is remarkably well preserved and even sho...

Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), an antiviral medication used to treat influenza A and influenza B including swine flu and avian flu.

Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), an antiviral medication used to treat influenza A and influenza B including swine flu and avian flu.

Skeleton of the common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes).

Skeleton of the common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes).

Skeleton of Neanderthal man (Homo neanderthalensis).

A rendition of two Australopithecines walking in volcanic ash 3.5 million years ago in Africa (Laetoli site, Tanzania). American Museum of Natural His...

A rendition of two Australopithecines walking in volcanic ash 3.5 million years ago in Africa (Laetoli site, Tanzania). American Museum of Natural His...

Conceptual image featuring a stethoscope and an illustration of a heart, with a dirty background.

Conceptual image of a stethoscope and dollar sign illustrates the rising costs of health care.

Conceptual image of a stethoscope and dollar bill illustrates the rising costs of health care.

Conceptual image of a stethoscope with a blood pressure meter at the end; the sphygmomanometer in place of the diaphragm reads a high 180/120 blood pr...

Conceptual image of a stethoscope with a blood pressure meter at the end; the sphygmomanometer in place of the diaphragm reads a normal 120/80 blood p...

Conceptual illustration of a human brain and syringes, illustrating a brain under the effect of drugs.

Conceptual illustration of a brain, with a dirty background.

Conceptual illustration depicting the spread of disease throughout the world.

Conceptual illustration depicting the spread of disease throughout the world.

Cross section of a human kidney.

Cross section of a human kidney.

Cross section of a human kidney.

Cross section of a human kidney.

Cross section of a human kidney.

Cross section of a human kidney.

Cross section of a human kidney.

Cross section of a human kidney.

Cross section of a human kidney.

Cross section of a human kidney.

Illustration depicting a heart overlaid onto a human brain, intended to show the brain controlling the heart.

Conceptual image of swine flu (H1N1) spreading around the world. H1N1 is an influenza virus that got the name "swine flu" because of genes that it sha...

Conceptual image of swine flu (H1N1) research and treatment. H1N1 is an influenza virus that got the name "swine flu" because of genes that it shares...

Conceptual image of swine flu (H1N1) research and treatment. H1N1 is an influenza virus that got the name "swine flu" because of genes that it shares...

This photo shows a lateral view of the human brain. Color enhanced version of 9D9963.

This photo shows a lateral view of the human brain. Color enhanced version of 9D9963.

This photo shows a lateral view of the human brain. Color enhanced version of 9D9963.

This photo shows a lateral view of the human brain. Color enhanced version of 9D9963.

Anglo-Irish chemist Robert Boyle (1627-1691) established chemistry as a separate science. His work stressed the need for experiment, precision and acc...

Refraction and internal reflection. In this photograph a beam from a Helium-Neon laser (633 nm) enters a right angle prism from below. The beam refrac...

Foucault's Pendulum. Foucault's pendulum was devised to demonstrate Earth's rotation. It is essentially a tall pendulum free to oscillate in any verti...

Disappearing lens. In this photograph the upper half of the lens is in air and it works as a familiar magnifying glass due to refraction at the air-gl...

Zinc dietary supplement. Zinc is believed to possess antioxidant properties, protecting against premature aging of the skin and muscles. Zinc also spe...

Activated carbon tablets. Activated carbon is an extremely porous form of carbon with a very large surface area. It is highly adsorptive which makes i...

Grains of beach sand composed of pieces of shell (1x magnification at 23.6 x 15.8 mm). Elbow Cay, Bahamas.

A nurse draws from a vial of flu vaccine to fill a syringe.

Vials of the H1N1 influenza vaccine which recently became available in the fall of 2009 to immunize people against swine flu.