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A comprehensive directory of world famous scientists highlighting their works and achievements.
Scientists
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Little did Jainulabdeen and Ashiamma know that their son would grow up to be the first citizen of India. An Indian scientist and administrator, ...
Aaron Klug A Nobel laureate in Chemistry, Aaron Klug needs no introduction of any kind. He is the man behind the development of crystallographic electron ...
Alberto Santos Dumon... Alberto Santos Dumont was a Brazilian aviation pioneer. Dedicating his life to aeronautical study and experimentation, he was the inventor of ...
Aldo Leopold Aldo Leopold was a well known ecologist, forester, environmentalist, scientist and a well-known American author. Besides teaching at the ...
Alexander Bain Alexander Bain was a renowned inventor and clockmaker, who invented many instruments including the electric clock, chemical telegraph receivers, ...
Alexander Fleming Alexander Fleming was a great Scottish biologist and pharmacologist who made way for antibiotic medicines with his discovery of penicillin from ...
Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was a distinguished human being, who possessed uncanny mind and sharp wit, which he used tirelessly for the betterment of his ...
Carl Sagan Carl Sagan was a multifaceted scientist who left his mark in astronomy, astrophysics, Extra-Terrestrial Science, the space and natural sciences ...
Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford is a prominent figure in the field of nuclear physics. He is known for his discoveries of chemical relations between ...
Ernst Haeckel A renowned biologist, physician, philosopher and artist, Ernst Haeckel identified many new species of living beings and gave names to thousands ...
Galileo Galilei If the world knows any name as the father of science then Galileo Galilei is surely the one. Galilei is a name that starts and ends modern day ...
Hippocrates Hippocrates is a radiant name in the history of medicine. The outstanding individual brought a new form into the field of ancient Greek ...
Isaac Newton Isaac Newton is possibly a name that was, is and will be remembered in history for his brilliant and inspiring scientific and mathematical ...
Joseph Henry In an era, when American science was restricted as a hobby of the elite or an answer to the nation’s need for development in the field of ...
Larry Page Larry Page, born as Lawrence Page, is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist who, along with Sergey Brin, co-founded Google Inc., the ...
Lord Kelvin William Thomson is popularly known as 1st Baron Kelvin, the creator of ‘absolute zero’ which are low limit temperature units now represented in ...
Louis Pasteur Pasteurization (a process of toning and treating milk free of damage causing microbes) is the most common reference to the great chemist and ...
Richard Axel One of world’s leading scientists, Richard Axel is the professor of molecular biophysics and pathology at Columbia University. He is well-known ...
Samuel Colt Samuel Colt was an American inventor and industrialist who designed and developed the world’s first handgun—better known as the ‘Revolver’—a ...
Sergey Brin Sergey Brin is an American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur, who, along with Larry Page, co-founded Google Inc in 1998. Brin ...
Seymour Kety Seymour Kety was a popular American neuroscientist who made psychiatry a rigorous branch of medicine. As a child, Kety couldn’t participate in ...
Wernher Von Braun Wernher von Braun was one of most important figures who earned unparalleled achievements in the field of rocketry, and has been hailed as the ...
Wilbur Wright Wilbur Wright was an aviator and inventor who along with his brother Orville Wright developed the world's first successful airplane. The Wright ...
William Osler William Osler is a renowned name in the field of medicine. He is regarded as the father of modern medicine and medical services. Sir William ...