Scientists 2. More Science!

1901 – 1954. Creation of the first nuclear reactor. Discovery of transuranic elements.

1628 – 1694. Biologist and physician. Capillaries in animals. Link between arteries and veins.

1578 – 1657. Physician. Systemic circulation & properties of blood being pumped to brain & body

1749 – 1827. Important to the development of mathematics, statistics, physics, and astronomy

1856 – 1940. Discovery of the first subatomic particle. Identification of the electron.

1708  1777. Swiss anatomist, naturalist & poet.  Referred to as the father of modern physiology

1867 - 1934. Pioneering research on radioactivity. Only person 2 Nobels in multiple sciences. 

1629 – 1695. Studies of rings of Saturn, discovered its moon Titan, invention of pendulum clock

1803  1873. Founder - organic chemistry. Father - crop fertilizer. Effect of nutrients on crops

1928 - . Molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist. Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

1797 – 1875. Author of Principles of Geology, explained earthquakes and volcanos..

1738 – 1822. Pioneered astronomical spectrophotometry. Discovered infrared radiation & Uranus.

1777 -  1855. German mathematician; number theory, algebra, differential geometry, astronomy. .

1852 – 1919. German chemist. 1902 Nobel in Chemistry. Many reactions & concepts named after him

1889 – 1953. Extragalactic astronomy. Recessional velocity increases with distance. Expansion.

1932 - Theoretical Physics. Electroweak interactions. Predicted 4th quark. Grand unified theory

1882  1970. The development of quantum mechanics. Solid-state physics and optics. Wave function

1916 – 2004. Co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule. Genetic code research.

1834 – 1907. Periodic Law.  Periodic table of elements. Predicted eight undiscovered elements.

1707 – 1783. One of the greatest mathematicians to have ever lived. Infinitesimal calculus.  

1908 – 1991. Only person won Nobel in Physics twice. Transistor.  Superconductivity.

1843  1910. Founder of modern bacteriology. Causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera & anthrax

1929- . American physicist received 1969 Nobel Prize in physics. Theory of elementary particles

1882 – 1944. Solar eclipse observation was earliest confirmations of theory of relativity.

1829 – 1896. German organic chemist. Founder of the theory of chemical structure.