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Science Struck: List of Famous Discoverers

For Students 4th - 8th
Provides a long list of famous scientists and their significant discoveries and inventions.
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Famous Scientists: George Washington Carver

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how George Washington Carvers' contributions to science radically changed the agricultural economy of the United States.
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Famous Scientists: J. Willard Gibbs

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and accomplishments of J. Willard Gibbs in this article.
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Famous Scientists: John Von Neumann

For Students 9th - 10th
This article will review the life and mathematics contributions of John von Neumann.
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Famous Scientists: Leonhard Euler

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the life and discoveries of Leonhard Euler.
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Famous Scientists: Maria Gaetana Agnesi

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the biography of Maria Gaetana Agnesi in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Muhammad Ibn Musa Al Khwarizmi

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and contributions of Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Omar Khayyam

For Students 9th - 10th
This article will describe the life and accomplishments in math, philosophy, and science of Omar Khayyam.
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Famous Scientists: Sergei Winogradsky

For Students 9th - 10th
This article will discuss the life, contributions, and inventions of Sergei Winogradsky.
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Famous Scientists: William Bayliss

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the English physiologist known for his contributions and study of peptide hormone called secretin and the process of peristalsis.
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Famous Scientists: Aage Bohr

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life of Aage Niels Bohr, and see how his work was pivotal in the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus.
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Famous Scientists: Abdul Qadeer Khan

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Pakistani nuclear physicist who was the founder of the uranium enrichment program for Pakistan's atomic bomb project.
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Famous Scientists: Abu Nasr Al Farabi

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the philosopher, Al-Farabi, who is credited with preserving the original Greek texts during the Middle Ages because of his commentaries and treatises, and influencing many prominent philosophers
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Famous Scientists: Ada Lovelace

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the life and work of Ada Lovelace, regarded as the first ever computer programmer.
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Famous Scientists: Adalbert Czerny

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how the Austrian pediatrician, Adalbert Czerny, was considered co-founder of modern pediatrics.
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Famous Scientists: Agnes Arber

For Students 9th - 10th
This short biography about Agnes Arber describes her contributions to botanical science.
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Famous Scientists: Alan Turing

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how Alan Turing became widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
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Famous Scientists: Albert Abraham Michelson

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet Nobel Prize winner, Albert Michelson, an American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment.
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Famous Scientists: Albert Einstein

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a short biography about Albert Einstein, and find out how he discovered the general theory of relativity.
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Famous Scientists: Aldo Leopold

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the life and work of Aldo Leopold, who was influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness conservation.
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Famous Scientists: Alessandro Volta

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how Alessandro Volta became a pioneer of electricity and power, and who is credited as the inventor of the electrical battery and the discoverer of methane.
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Famous Scientists: Alexander Bain

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the life and work of Alexander Bain, the Scottish inventor and engineer who was first to invent and patent the electric clock.
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Famous Scientists: Alexander Brongniart

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet Alexander Brongniart, a French chemist and mineralogist who worked in ceramic chemistry.
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Famous Scientists: Alexander Von Humboldt

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how Alexander Von Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography.

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