Biographical Memoirs on the National Academy of Sciences site. "Personal and scholarly views of America's most distinguished researchers".
Women Scientists in Action. Profiles of biomedical scientists at the National Institutes of Health.
Nobel Prize official website has biographies of Nobel prize winners. Look for scientists among the Nobel winners for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine.
Biographies of physicists listed by Stanford University.
Science careers - life stories from the Journal of Young Investigators.
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Nobel Prize official website has biographies of Nobel prize winners.
The double helix; a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA by 
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! : adventures of a curious character. by 
How to win the Nobel Prize: an unexpected life in science. by 
Rosalind Franklin: the dark lady of DNA by 
The road to scientific success: inspiring life stories of prominent researchers
Leaps in the dark: the makings of scientific reputations. by 
The Madame Curie Complex by 
Steeped in blood: the life and times of a forensic scientist by 
G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the Invention of Modern Ecology by 
Newton: a very short introduction by 
Oppenheimer: the tragic intellect by 
Watson and DNA : making a scientific revolution by 
Quantum : Einstein, Bohr and the great debate about the nature of reality by 
Gorillas in the Mist by 
Marie Curie: a biography by 
American men & women of science: a directory... by 
American Women of Science Since 1900 by 
Distinguished African American scientists of the 20th century
African American Women Scientists and Inventors by 