Guide for Educators Why is this site important to educators,
especially science educators? Glenn Seaborg’s life, work and
contributions are best characterized by one word - Excellence.
Science has been the central theme and Glenn Seaborg’s story, as
told in His Biography, is filled with lessons for science
students and educators that can be mined for personal growth,
and deeper understanding, for years to come. There have been
many scientists whose work has contributed to the advancement of
science. Among these many are a few whose contributions have
resulted in technologies that have transformed our lives.
However, only few scientist’s will be recognized centuries to
come because they had the ability reveal a fundamental new
understanding of nature, its order and underlying structure.
Glenn Seaborg is among these very few. His scientific
discoveries, here in His Works, have not only touched all our
lives, sometimes with literally earthshaking consequences, but
they have transformed our understanding of natur