American national biography jmu library

In this class, you are allowed to write about scientists who are no longer living, but you are encouraged to write about scientists who are still living!

This will help add to our collective body of knowledge about science and scientists.

Many living scientists may not have much formally published in terms of biographical information at this time in their lives.

American national biography jmu library

You may need to get creative in what information sources you're reviewing. In addition to their guidelines on Reliable Sources, Wikipedia also has guidelines for Biographies of living persons, with three core content policies.

Wikipedia suggests that content on living persons should be:

• written from a neutral point of view
• verifiable
• not original research.

To reduce random Googling, the following types of sources are generally considered reliable and verifiable:

• Institutional Faculty Websites - can often be found by Googling faculty's name and institution
• W