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Famous Scientists: Evangelista Torricelli
Learn about the life and work of the father of hydrodynamics and inventor of the barometer.
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Famous Scientists: Fibonacci Leonardo of Pisa
Find out about how Fibonacci invented the modern number system, and contributed to the scientific revolution.
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Famous Scientists: Francesco Redi
Find out about the experimental biologist, Francesco Redi, and learn about his work that led to becoming known as the father of modern parasitology.
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Famous Scientists: Francis Bacon
Read about Francis Bacon, and finf out how he discovered and popularized the scientific method.
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Famous Scientists: Francis Crick
Discover Francis Crick, British molecular biologist, physicist, and neuroscientist who jointly won a Nobel Prize for his discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids.
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Famous Scientists: Francis Galton
Learn about the life and work of the father of eugenics, and find out how he contributed to the research on human intelligence.
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Famous Scientists: Franz Boas
Read about the man who was considered to be one of the greatest and most influential anthropologists, Franz Boas.
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Famous Scientists: Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Read about the British biochemist who received the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the study of essential nutrient factors needed for animals.
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Famous Scientists: Frederick Sanger
Find out about the man who was considered to be the greatest and most influential biochemists in history.
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Famous Scientists: Fritz Haber
Learn about the life and work of Fritz Haber, who has been dubbed the father of chemical warfare.
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Famous Scientists: Galen
Learn about the man whose medical doctrine dominated the Western and Arab worlds for close to 1500 years.
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Famous Scientists: Galileo Galilei
Read a short biography about astronomer Galileo, one of the most significant people in the history of science.
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Famous Scientists: Gene Shoemaker
Learn about the first astrogeologist and discoverer of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
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Famous Scientists: Georg Ohm
Find out about the German physicist and mathematician whose work in the field of electrical current shaped the study of electricity.
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Famous Scientists: George Beadle
Find out about the scientist George Beadle, who helped discovered how genes played a part in the regulation of biochemical events.
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Famous Scientists: George Gamow
Find out about the life and work of Russian cosmologist, George Gamow.
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Famous Scientists: George Gaylord Simpson
Read about one of the greatest and most influential paleontologists of all time, George Gaylord Simpson.
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Famous Scientists: George Washington Carver
Find out how George Washington Carvers' contributions to science radically changed the agricultural economy of the United States.
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Famous Scientists: Gertrude Elion
Learn about a the scientist who won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work in the scientific discovery of drugs to treat leukemia and herpes, and to prevent the rejection of kidney transplants.
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Famous Scientists: Gerty Theresa Cori
Learn about the first American woman to achieve the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with her discoveries in biochemistry, especially carbohydrate metabolism.
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Famous Scientists: Glenn Seaborg
Learn about Glenn Seaborg, the man who took part in the discovery of ten of the periodic table's chemical elements, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1951.
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Famous Scientists: Gottfried Leibniz
Learn about the life and work of Gottfried Leibniz, and find out how he remains one of the greatest and most influential metaphysicians, thinkers, and logicians in history.
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Famous Scientists: Gottlieb Daimler
Find out about Gottlieb Daimler, a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development.
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Famous Scientists: Grace Murray Hopper
Learn about Grace Murray Hopper, a pioneer in her field and one of Harvard Mark I computer's first programmers.