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- Al-Khwarizmi,
Muhammad
(around 770), Mathematics, Persia
Mathematician - algebra
- Alvarez, Luis
(1911- ) Physics, United States of America
Liquid hydrogen bubble chamber.
- Armstrong, Neil
(1930 - ) Astronaut, United States of America
First man to walk on the moon.
- Avicenna
(980 - 1037) Chemistry
Early chemist or alchemist
- Babbage, Charles
(1792 - 1871) Mathematics, England
Inventor of the first digital computer.
- Bacon, Roger
(1220-1292) Mathematics, England
He was an early advocate for "the scientific
method".
- Bailey, Liberty
(1858 - 1954) Botany, United States of America
He helped to establish horticulture as an academic
discipline.
- Bell, Alexander Graham
(1847 - 1922) Technology, Scotland
Inventor of the telephone.
- Berthelot, Marcelin
(1827 - 1907) Chemistry, France
Research into the properties of alcohols and
acids.
- Blackwell, Elizabeth
(1821-1910) Medicine, United States of America
First woman doctor in the United States of
America.
- Bluford, Guion
(1942-) Astronaut, United States of America
First Black astronaut in space.
- Bohr, Niels
(1885 - 1962) Physics, Holland
Theoretical work in nuclear physics.
- Boole, George
(1815-1964) Mathematics, England
Invented Boolean algebra
- Brache, Tycho
(1546 - 1601)
Planetary motion.
- Bunsen, Robert
(1811 - 1899) Chemistry, Germany
Experimental chemistry.
- Burbank, Luther
(1849-1926) Botanist, United States of America
Plant genetics.
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- Carson, Rachel
(1907 - 1964) Ecology, United States of America
Interdependence of plants and animals, pesticides in
the environment.
- Carver, George
Washington
(1864 - 1943) Biochemistry, United States of
America
Uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and studies in soil
sciences.
- Chardin, Pierre
(1898 - 1946)
Geologist
- Copernicus, Nicolaus
(1473 - 1532)
Astronomy
- Cruz, Oswaldo
(1872 - 1914) Medicine, Argentina
Bacteriologist
- Curie, Marie
(1867 - 1934) Chemistry, Poland
Discoverer of radium and polonium.
- Darwin, Charles
(1809 - 1882) Biology, England
Theory of Evolution
- DaVinci, Leonardo
(1452 - 1519) Medicine, Italy
Human anatomy drawings
- Davy, Humphry
(1778-1829) Chemistry, England
Inventor of miner's safety lamp.
- Drew, Charles
(1904 - 1950), Medicine, Unites States of America
Blood transfusions
- du Chatele, Emilie
(1706 - 1784) Mathematics, France
Mathematician
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- Einstein, Albert
(1879-1955) Physics, Germany
Theory of Relativity
- Fermi, Enrico
(1901 - 1954) Physics, Italian-America
Noted for work with nuclear reactions.
- Fleming, Alexander
(1881 - 1955) Medicine
Discovery of penicillin
- Focault, Jean
(1819 - 1868) Physics, France
Law of Pendulum.
- Fossey, Dian
(1932 - ) Biology, United States of America
Studies of gorillas
- Franklin, Benjamin
(1706 - 1790) Physics, United States of America
Noted for experiments with electricity.
- Franklin, Rosalind
(1920 - 1958)
Structure of DNA
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- Gagarin, Yury
(1934 - 1968) Astronaut, Russia
First man in space.
- Galileo, Galilei
(1564 - 1642) One of the inventors of the
telescope.
- Goodall, Jane
(1934 - )
Animal behavior studies
- Hamilton, Alice
(1869 - 1970) Medicine, United States of America
Established the field of industrial medicine.
- Haro, Guillermo
(1913 - 1988)
Astronomer
- Harriot, Thomas
(1560 - 1613) Physics, England
Laws of Optics
- Harvey, William
(1578 - 1657)
Circulatory system.
- Hawking, Stephen
(1942 - ) Astronomy
Contributions in astronomy include concepts associated
with black holes.
- Henson, Matthew
(1886 - 1955)
Polar exploration
- Henry, Joseph
(1797 - 1878)
Founder the Academy of Sciences
- Hippocrates
(460 - 377 BC), Greece
Contributions in medicine.
- Hodgkin, Dorothy C.
(1910 - 1947) Chemistry
Work in crystallography
- Hopper, Grace
(1870 - 1992) Mathematics, United States of
America
Pioneer in the area of computer development.
- Hoffman, Felix
(1867 - 1931) Chemistry, Germany
Discoverer of aspirin
- Hubble, Edwin
(1889 - 1953) Astronomy, United States
Classification of galaxies
- Hyde, Ida
(1854 - 1945) Medicine, United States of America
Inventor of the microelectrode.
- Hypatia
(370 - 415) Mathematics, Greece
Neoplatonic school in Alexandria, believed to be first
woman scientist.
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- Kaufman, Joyce
(1929 - ) Chemist, United States of America
Three-dimensional quantum chemical calculations.
- Kelvin, William
(1824-1907) Physics, Ireland
Work in thermodynamics.
- Kepler, Johannes
(1571 - 1630) Physics, Germany
Studies of planetary motion.
- King, Mary-Claire
(1946 - )
Genetic mapping
- Koch, Robert
(1843-1910) Bacteriology, Germany
Founder of field of bacteriology.
- Kovaleskaya, Sofia
(1856-1891), Mathematics, Russia
Differential equations
- LaFlesche, Susan
(1854 - 1903) Medicine, United States of America
Founder of field of culturally syntonic medicine.
- Lamme, Bertha
(1869 - 1954) Engineering, United States of
America
Theory and design or motors and generators.
- Latimer, Lewis
(1848 - 1928) Physics, United States of America
Carbon filament for the electric light bulb.
- Leavitt, Henrietta
(1868 - 1921) Astronomy, United States of America
Photographic magnitude of stars.
- LeConte, Joseph
(1823 - 1901), Field Biology, United States of
America
Founder of Sierra Club
- Lim, Robert Kho-Seng
(1897 - 1969) Physiologist, Singapore
Nerve receptors are chemosensitive.
- Lister, Joseph
(1827 - 1912) Medicine, England
Germ theory of disease.
- Lovelace, Ada
(1815 - 1852)
Mathematician - analytical engine
- Lovelock, James
(1919 - ) Astronomy, England
Gaia Hypothesis
- Lyell, Charles
(1797 - 1875) Geology, Scotland
Principles of geology.
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- Maury, Antonia
(1866 - 1952) Physics, United States of America
Spectral analysis of northern stars.
- Mayer, Maria
(1906 - 1992)
Quantum mechanics.
- McClintock, Barbara
(1902 - 1995) Biology, United States of America
Behavior of chromosomes - jumping genes.
- Mendel, Gregor
(1922 - 1884) Medicine, Czech Republic
Genetics research.
- Mitchell, Maria
(1818 - 1889)
Astronomer
- Muir, John
(1838 - 1914)
Conservationist
- Nash, John
(1928 - ) Mathematics, United States of America
Theory of algebraic varieties
- Newton, Issac
(1643 - 1727)
Laws of Motion
- Noyce, Robert
(1927 - 1990) United States of America
Integrated circuit
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- Oppenheimer, Robert
(1904 - 1967) Physics, United States of America
Developer of atomic bomb.
- Pascal, Blaise
(1623 - 1662) Mathematics, France
Developer of adding machine.
- Peebles, Florence
(1874 - 1956) Biologist, United States of America
Hydra regeneration experiments.
- Perlmann, Gertrude
(1912 - 1974) Biochemistry, Czechoslovakia
Protein chemistry - phosphate containing proteins.
- Planck, Max
(1858 - 1947) Physics, Germany
Quantum theory.
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- Reed, Walter
(1851-1902) Medicine, United States of America
Yellow fever research.
- Ride, Sally
(1951 - ) Physics, United States of America
1st American woman in space
- Rubin, Vera
(1928 - )
Dark matter
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- Sabin, Albert
(1906 - ) Medicine, Russia
Polio vaccine
- Sagan, Carl
(1934 - 1996)
Astronomer, author of Cosmos
- Salk, Jonas
(1914 - 1996) Medicine, United States of America
Polio vaccine development.
- Seaborg, Glenn
(1912 - 1999) Physics, United States of America
Discovered 10 transuranium elements
- Shepard, Alan
(1923-) Astronaut, United States of America
First American in space.
- Teller, Edward
(1908 - ) Physics, Hunary
Manhattan project
- Tereshkova, Valentina
(1937-) Astronaut, Russia
First woman in space.
- Tesla, Nicola
(1856 - )
Induction motor
- Tsai Lun
(circa 105 AD), Chemistry
Credited with invention of paper.
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- Uhlenbeck,
Karen
(1942 - ) Mathematics, United States of America
Work on partial differential equations
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- Watt, James
(1736 - 1819) Physics, Scotland
Developed the steam engine.
- Wright, Wilbur
(1867 - 1912) Aerodynamics, United States of
America
First airplane flight
- Wrinch, Dorothy
(1894 - 1980) Chemistry, Argentina
Specificity of gene residues in amino acids.
- Wu, Chien-Shiung
(1912 - 1997) Physics, China
Parity conservation
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- Yalow, Rosalyn
(1921 - ) Physics, United States of America
Radio immunoassay.
- Zeno
(circa 1515)
Polar exploration
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