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Famous Scientists: Robert Goddard
Learn about the life and contributions of the father of modern rocketry, Robert Goddard, in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Robert Hooke
Learn about the life and contributions of Robert Hooke in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Robert Koch
This article will explain the life and discoveries of Robert Koch. Learn how he is considered one of the founders of microbiology and bacteriology.
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Famous Scientists: Ronald Fisher
Read the biography of Ronald Fisher in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Ronald Ross
Learn about the life and contributions of Ronald Ross in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Rosalind Franklin
Read about the life and discoveries of Rosalind Franklin in this article. Learn about the controversy that surrounds her contributions!
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Famous Scientists: Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel
Do you know about the man who invented the diesel engine? This article will discuss the life and contributions of Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel.
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Famous Scientists: Rudolf Virchow
Learn about the life and discoveries of Rudolf Virchow in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Salim Ali
Learn about the "bird man", Salim Ali in this biographical article.
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Famous Scientists: Sally Ride
This article will discuss the life and accomplishments of the first woman in space, Sally Ride.
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Famous Scientists: Santiago Ramon Y Cajal
Learn about Santiago Ramon y Cajal life and scientific accomplishments in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Sergei Winogradsky
This article will discuss the life, contributions, and inventions of Sergei Winogradsky.
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Famous Scientists: Sheldon Lee Glashow
This article will review over the life and discoveries of Sheldon Lee Glashow.
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Famous Scientists: Shintaro Hirase
Ever wondered what a malacologist studies? Find out by reading this short biography about Japanese malacologist, Shintaro Hirase.
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Famous Scientists: Sigmund Freud
Find out about the famous neurologist known as the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud.
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Famous Scientists: Srinivasa Ramanujan
A short biography about the Indian mathematician who made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions.
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Famous Scientists: Stephanie Kwolek
Learn about the life and work of Stephanie Kwolekbest, known for inventing the first of a family of synthetic fibers of exceptional strength and stiffness.
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Famous Scientists: Stephen Hawking
Learn about the life and work of the famous Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist, and cosmologist.
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Famous Scientists: Steven Chu
Find out about Steven Chu who is known for his research in cooling and trapping of atoms with laser light, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Famous Scientists: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Learn about the Nobel Prize winner for his mathematical theory of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars.
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Famous Scientists: Svante Arrhenius
Find out about the life and work of one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry, Svante Arrhenius, who received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903, becoming the first Swedish Nobel laureate.
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Famous Scientists: Sven Wingqvist
Learn about the Swedish engineer, inventor, industrialist, and one of the founders of one of the world's leading ball- and roller bearing makers.
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Famous Scientists: Thabit Ibn Qurra
Learn about the life and work of Thabit ibn Qurra, a mathematician, physician, astronomer, and translator of the Islamic Golden Age.
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Famous Scientists: Thales
Read a short biography about Thales, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer.