Scientists & Mathematicians 1-24
22 entries in the Scientists & Mathematicians compendium.
Scientists & Mathematicians 1-24 — Era Chart
Alfred WegenerOriginator of the continental drift hypothesis.Amedeo AvogadroItalian scientist who proposed Avogadro's law on gases.Andreas VesaliusAnatomist whose 1543 book helped mark the start of the Scientific Revolution.Andrey KolmogorovSoviet mathematician who founded modern probability theory.Antonie van LeeuwenhoekSelf-taught Dutch microscopist who first observed microbes.Apollonius of PergaAncient Greek geometer who defined conic sections.Arthur CayleyEnglish mathematician who founded modern British pure mathematics.AryabhataFirst major mathematician-astronomer of classical Indian science.Barbara McClintockShe is known for her discovery of transposons, or 'jumping genes,' and for her pioneering Bernhard RiemannGerman mathematician who reshaped analysis, geometry, and number theory.BrahmaguptaIndian mathematician who formalized zero and the quadratic formula.C. V. RamanIndian physicist who discovered the Raman effect.Carl Gustav Jacob JacobiGerman mathematician who advanced elliptic functions, dynamics, and number theory.Caroline HerschelFirst professional female astronomer and comet discoverer.Charles DarwinEnglish physicist and director of the National Physical Laboratory during WWII.Charles HermiteFrench mathematician who proved e is transcendental.Charles K. KaoPioneer of fibre optics who enabled modern telecommunications.Chien-Shiung WuChinese-American physicist who proved parity is not conserved.Christiaan HuygensDutch polymath who advanced optics, mechanics, and astronomy.Claude BernardFrench physiologist whose name is borne by Lyon 1 Claude Bernard University.Daniel BernoulliSwiss mathematician and physicist known for Bernoulli's principle.Dmitri MendeleevRussian chemist who created the periodic table of elements.
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