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Famous Scientists: Maria Sklodowska Curie
Read about the life and scientific work of Marie Curie, possibly the most famous female scientist in history. In addition to providing biographical information, this page includes details on her scientific discoveries and her influence...
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Famous Scientists: Aage Bohr
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
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
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
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
Find out how the Austrian pediatrician, Adalbert Czerny, was considered co-founder of modern pediatrics.
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Famous Scientists: Agnes Arber
This short biography about Agnes Arber describes her contributions to botanical science.
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Famous Scientists: Ahmed Zewail
Learn about Ahmed Zewail, the father of femtochemistry, and the first Arab scientist to win a Nobel Prize in a scientific field.
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Famous Scientists: Alan Turing
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
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
Read a short biography about Albert Einstein, and find out how he discovered the general theory of relativity.
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Famous Scientists: Alberto Santos Dumont
Read about Brazilian aviation pioneer, Alberto Santos-Dumont, who designed, built, and flew hot air balloons, and was famous for his flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower.
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Famous Scientists: Albrecht Von Haller
Read about the Swiss scientist sometimes referred to as the father of modern physiology.
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Famous Scientists: Aldo Leopold
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
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
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
Meet Alexander Brongniart, a French chemist and mineralogist who worked in ceramic chemistry.
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Famous Scientists: Alexander Fleming
Find out about the scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the antibiotic, penicillin.
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Famous Scientists: Alexander Graham Bell
Get to know Alexander Graham Bell, the scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with patenting the first telephone.
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Famous Scientists: Alexander Von Humboldt
Find out how Alexander Von Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography.
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Famous Scientists: Alfred Binet
Learn about the life and work of French psychologist, Alfred Binet, who invented the first practical intelligence test, the Binet-Simon scale.
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Famous Scientists: Alfred Blalock
Learn about surgeon Alfred Blalock, who developed the operation that ushered in the modern era of cardiac surgery.
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Famous Scientists: Alfred Kinsey
Best known for the Kinsey Reports, find out about the life and work of Alfred Kinsey. Discover how he was led to study human sexuality.
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Famous Scientists: Alfred Nobel
Learn about the man who invented dynamite, Alfred Nobel, and discover how that led him to invest his fortune in the establishment of the Nobel Prize.