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Luis Alvarez 1911 – 1988.
The iridium layer, dinosaur death by meteorite impact, and subatomic particle discoveries.
andre-marie ampereAndré-Marie Ampère 1775 – 1836.
Discovered that wires carrying electric current can attract and repel magnetically; founded electromagnetic theory.
anaximanderAnaximander c. 610 BC – c 546 BC.
An ancient scientific revolution: the first person in history to recognize that our planet is free in space and does not need to sit on something.
Mary AnningMary Anning 1799 – 1847.
Ancient animals, fossils, and paleontology: discovered the first complete specimen of a plesiosaur; deduced the diets of dinosaurs.
archimedesArchimedes c. 287 BC – 212 BC.
Founded the sciences of mechanics and hydrostatics, calculated pi precisely, devised the law of exponents, created new geometrical proofs, invented numerous ingenious mechanical devices, and more.
AristarchusAristarchus c. 310 BC – c. 230 BC.
Promoted the idea that the earth follows a circular orbit around the sun eighteen centuries before Nicolaus Copernicus resurrected the idea.
AristotleAristotle 384 BC – 322 BC.
A genius whose philosophical ideas are still taught, but his contributions to science retarded progress for almost two millennia.
Amedeo AvogadroAmedeo Avogadro 1776 – 1856.
The first scientist to realize that elements can exist in the form of molecules rather than as individual atoms; originator of Avogadro’s law.
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francis-baconFrancis Bacon 1561 – 1626.
Shook the foundations of Aristotle’s scientific influence popularizing the scientific method, grounding science in experiments and observations rather than logic-based arguments.
alexander-graham-bellAlexander Graham Bell 1847 – 1922.
Inventor of the metal detector, the telephone, and the photophone – the first device to carry the human voice using light.
daniel-bernoulliDaniel Bernoulli 1700 – 1782.
Discovered the Bernoulli Effect explaining how aircraft wings generate lift; formulated a kinetic theory relating particle speeds in gases to temperature; made major discoveries in the theory of risk.
Elizabeth BlackwellElizabeth Blackwell 1821 – 1910.
The first woman to qualify as a physician in America; founder of America’s first medical school for women.
niels-bohrNiels Bohr 1885 – 1962.
Founded quantum mechanics when he remodeled the atom so electrons occupied ‘allowed’ orbits around the nucleus while all other orbits were forbidden; architect of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
satyendra nath boseS. N. Bose 1894 – 1974.
Founded quantum statistics with an alternative derivation of Planck’s radiation law based on the idea that light photons of the same color are indistinguishable from one another – particles such as this are known as bosons.
robert-boyleRobert Boyle 1627 – 1691.
Transformed chemistry from a field bogged down in alchemy and mysticism into one based on measurement. He defined elements, compounds, and mixtures; and he discovered the first gas law – Boyle’s Law.
tycho-braheTycho Brahe 1546 – 1601.
Produced the best star catalog that had ever been compiled and measured the orbit of Mars with unprecedented accuracy, paving the way for Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and Newton’s law of gravity.
brahmaguptaBrahmagupta 597 – 668.
Established zero as a number and defined its mathematical properties; discovered the formula for solving quadratic equations.
robert-bunsenRobert Bunsen 1811 – 1899.
Discovered cesium and rubidium; discovered the antidote to arsenic poisoning; invented the zinc-carbon battery and flash photography; discovered how geysers operate.
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santiago ramon-y-cajalSantiago Ramón y Cajal 1852 – 1934.
Founder of modern neuroscience: proved the neuron doctrine, which says that neurons behave as biochemically distinct cells rather than a network of interlinked cells.
Rachel CarsonRachel Carson 1907 – 1964.
A founder of 20th century environmentalism, her book Silent Spring led to a reappraisal of the effect of chemicals such as DDT on the environment, leading to bans and heavy restrictions.
Louis Agassiz
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Al-Battani
Abu Nasr Al-Farabi
Alhazen
Jim Al-Khalili
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
Mihailo Petrovic Alas
Angel Alcala
Salim Ali
Luis Alvarez
Andre Marie Ampère
Anaximander
Carl Anderson
Mary Anning
Virginia Apgar
Archimedes
Agnes Arber
Aristarchus
Aristotle
Svante Arrhenius
Oswald Avery
Amedeo Avogadro
Avicenna
Galen
Galileo Galilei
Francis Galton
Luigi Galvani
George Gamow
Martin Gardner
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Murray Gell-Mann
Sophie Germain
Willard Gibbs
William Gilbert
Sheldon Lee Glashow
Robert Goddard
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Thomas Gold
Jane Goodall
Stephen Jay Gould
Fritz Haber
Ernst Haeckel
Otto Hahn
Albrecht von Haller
Edmund Halley
Thomas Harriot
William Harvey
Stephen Hawking
Otto Haxel
Werner Heisenberg
Hermann von Helmholtz
Jan Baptist von Helmont
Joseph Henry
Caroline Herschel
John Herschel
William Herschel
Gustav Ludwig Hertz
Heinrich Hertz
Karl F. Herzfeld
George de Hevesy
Antony Hewish
David Hilbert
Maurice Hilleman
Hipparchus
Hippocrates
Shintaro Hirase
Dorothy Hodgkin
Robert Hooke
Frederick Gowland Hopkins
William Hopkins
Grace Murray Hopper
Frank Hornby
Jack Horner
Bernardo Houssay
Fred Hoyle
Edwin Hubble
Alexander von Humboldt
Zora Neale Hurston
James Hutton
Christiaan Huygens
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