Milutin Milanković was a Serbian astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, climatologist, and civil engineer. He is best remembered for his explanation of Earth's climate changes, which partly explained the ice ages. Milutin Milankovitch's biography inspired a 2007 documentary film titled A Traveler Through Distant Worlds and Times.
Italian astronomer and mathematician Roger Joseph Boscovich was one of the first European scientists to accept Newton’s gravitational theory. His contributions to astronomy include the application of geometry to compute the orbit of a planet and the equator of a rotating planet. He also laid the foundation of the atomic theory.
Croatian scientist Radovan Fuchs, who is the country’s Minister of Science and Education, has had an illustrious academic career, too. Equipped with a PhD from Sweden’s Uppsala University, he specialized in areas such as biomedicine, toxicology, and pharmacology. He has represented both the Democratic Centre and the Croatian Democratic Union.