CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. John L. Baird, Pioneer of Television 15 

 II. The Amazing Experiments of Sir Jagadis Bose 28 



III. Sir William Bragg and his ' Jolly ' Occupa- 



tions 37 



IV. The Story of Luther Burbank 48 



V. The Story of the Curies 60 



VI. Sir Edgeworth David's Discoveries in the 



Antarctic 70 



VII. Sir Frank Dyson, Astronomer Royal 81 



VIII. The Work and Life of Albert Einstein 95 



IX. J. B. S. Haldane and his Adventures 104 



X. Sir Daniel Hall and his Experiments 117 



XI. The Achievements of Sir Oliver Lodge 129 



XII. The Story of Archibald Montgomery Low 139 



XIII. The Beginnings of Wireless 151 



XIV. Dr R. A. Millikan Discovers how Matter is 



Created 162 



XV. Sir Charles Parsons and the Turbine 169 



XVI. Sir Joseph Petavel and the National Physical 



Laboratory 181 



XVII. Sir Robert Robertson and the Government 



Laboratory 196 



XVIII. How Dr A. Rollier Founded the Most Wonder- 

 ful School in the World 208 



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