Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

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Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology is a history of science by Isaac Asimov. Written as the biographies of over one thousand five hundred scientists, it is organized chronologically, beginning with Imhotep and concluding with Stephen Hawking. Of all these scientists, Isaac Newton receives the greatest coverage, a biography of seven pages. Galileo, Faraday and Einstein tie on five pages each, and Lavoisier and Darwin get four pages each. Dutch writer Gerrit Krol stated: "One of the charms of this encyclopedia is that to each name he adds those with whom this scientist has been in contact" - nearly every biographical sketch contains links to other biographies.

Since Asimov's death, his daughter Robyn Asimov has worked on an updated version.