Famous Scientist Trivia

The scientist was the pioneer of brain surgery who helped map the functions of the brain

This scientist worked on the Manhattan project and helped us separate Uranium isotopes

This famous geologist was laughed at when he first proposed continents move in the theory of continental drift

Discovered galaxies beyond our own, and that we live in a universe of many galaxies, each an isolated ‘island universe'

This scientist discovered the first subatomic particle - the electron

This famous Chemist is responsible for forming the modern Periodic Table (and has an element named after him for it)

After creating the first of the gas laws, this famous scientist defined the field of Chemistry

This scientist was the inventor of the metal detector, the telephone, and the photophone

Authored "On the Origin of Species" in which he provided evidence for the theory of evolution by natural selection

Discovered the antidote to arsenic poisoning; invented flash photography and has chemistry lab equpment named after him

She is the only person to win a Nobel prize in both Physics and Chemistry

The rebirth of Western mathematics: his Book of Calculation introduced the Indian number system, now used worldwide

This scientist measured planetary movement and predicted the return of a comet after 75 years (which is named after him)

This ancient Greek natural philosopher invented the fundamental concept of center of mass

This scientist has been called the "father" of astronomy and used his heartrate to measure a pendulum's period.

Invented dynamite; grew enormously wealthy by patenting and manufacturing explosives

Born in 1934, she discovered major behavioral tendencies in chimpanzees