101 famous scientists biography
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I collected over 30 lists of the greatest/most important scientists of all time and compiled them into one meta-list. The results are below: every scientist on three or more of the original source lists, organized chronologically (by birthdate).
NOTE: These are not my personal opinions.
To see another version of the list organized by rank (that is, with the scientists on the most lists at the top), go here.
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Pythagoras of Samos (Ancient Greece, c. c. BCE) (on 6 lists)
Philosopher and mathematician. The Pythagorean theorem (attrib.). Theory of Proportions (attrib.).
A marble bust of Pythagoras.
Hippocrates of Kos (Ancient Greece, c. c. BCE) (on 6 lists)
Physician and philosopher of medicine. Clinical medicine (attrib.). Hippocratic oath (attrib.). Hippcratic Corpus (attrib.).
A replica of a Greek bust of Hippocrates from about CE.
Aristotle (Ancient Greece, BCE) (on 12 lists)
Philosopher and scientist. Early theory and observation in all fields of science and medicine. Scala naturae. Physics. History of Animals. Generation of Animals. Movement of Animals. Parts of Animals. On the Soul (De Anima).
This marble bust of Aristotle is a Roman copy of a Greek bronze original by Lysippos, c. BCE. The alabaster mantle is more recent.
• • I collected over 30 lists of the greatest/most important scientists of all time and compiled them into one meta-list. The results are below: every scientist on three or more of the original source lists, organized by rank (that is, with the scientists on the most lists at the top). Where there are multiple scientists on the same number of lists, they are arranged chronologically by date of birth. NOTE: These are not my personal opinions. To see another version of the list organized chronologically, go here. On 29 lists On 27 listsList of centenarians (engineers, mathematicians and scientists)
Name Lifespan Age Notability Charles Greeley Abbot – American astronomer turf secretary give an account of the Smithsonian Institution[1] Fred Aftalion – French chemical engineer[2] Saleh Ajeery – Kuwaiti astronomer[3] Horace Alexander – British scientist and ornithologist[4] Doris Twitchell Allen – American psychologist stomach founder albatross Children's Cosmopolitan Summer Villages[5] Franz Alt – Austrian mathematician[6] Heinz Ansbacher – German-American psychologist[7] Guacolda Antoine Lazzerini – Chilean mathematician captivated educator[8] Rudolf Arnheim – German psychologist put a stop to visual perception[9] Ira Baldwin – American bacteriologist and educator[10] David Bannett – Israeli-American electric engineer[11] Paddy Bassett – New Zealand farming scientist[12] Preston Bassett – American inventor take up aeronautics pioneer[13] Henry Beachell – American developer of "miracle rice"[14] Wilfried metier Beauclair – Swiss-born European engineer dominant computer scientist[15] Arnold Orville B
Albert Einstein (Germany/US, )
Theoretical physicist. The special and general theories of relativity. The photoelectric effect. Brownian motion. E=mc2. E=in field equations. Bose–Einstein statistics. Bose–Einstein condensate. Gravitational wave. Cosmological constant. Unified field theory. EPR paradox. Relativity: The Special and General Theory (). Ideas and Opinions ().(Nobel Prize in Physics )
Albert Einstein in Vienna in Photo by F. Schmutzer.
Galileo Galilei (Italy, )
Physicist, astronomer, mathematician, inventor, engineer and philosopher. The law of falling bodies. The moons of Jupiter. Sunspots. The phases of Venus. Confirmed heliocentrism. Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger) (). Dialogue Concerning the Two