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Famous Scientists

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A

Edward G. Acheson Luis Alvarez Andre Marie Ampere
André-Marie Ampère Archimedes Archimedes
Aristotle Svante August Arrhenius Svante A. Arrhenius
Svante August  Arrhenius   Svante August Arrhenius
W.T.Astbury Karl Auer Count Amedeo Avogadro
Amedeo Avogadro Amedeo Avogadro  

B

Leo Hendrik Baekeland Johann Baeyer Frederick Banting
Christiaan Barnard Derek Barton Arnold O. Beckman
Antoine César Becquerel Henri Becquerel Jocelyn Bell
Torbern Bergman John Bernal Claude Berthollet
Pierre Berthelot Jöns Jacob Berzelius  
Henry Bessemer Charles Best Joseph Black
  Niels Bohr Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr Carl Bosch Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle Sir Lawrence Bragg  
Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe David Brewster
Johannes Brønsted Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted Robert Bunsen
  Robert Bunsen Adolf Butenandt
Alexander Butlerov    

C

Stanislao Cannizzaro Stanislao Cannizzaro Wallace Hume Carothers
Wallace Carothers Rachel Carson Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish Henry Cavendish Henry Cavendish
Ernst Chain Jean-Martin Charcot Michel Chevreul
Ludwig Claisen Francis Crick Francis Crick
Francis Crick Marie Curie Marie Curie
  Marie Curie Marie Curie
Marie Curie Marie Curie Marie Sklodowska Curie
Pierre Curie George O. Curme Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus    

D

John Dalton John Dalton John Dalton
  Charles Darwin Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin Charles Darwin Charles Darwin
Charles Davenport   Humphrey Davy
Humphrey Davy Humphrey Davy Humphrey Davy
Petrus Debye Democritus Democritus
Otto Diels Paul Dirac Herbert Henry Dow
Jean-Baptiste Dumas    

E

Thomas Edison Thomas Edison Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein Albert Einstein Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein Albert Einstein Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein Paul Ehrlich  

F

Michael Faraday Michael Faraday Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday Michael Faraday Michael Faraday
  Michael Faraday Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti Emil Fischer
Sir Alexander Fleming Alexander Fleming Alexander Fleming
Edward Frankland Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary
Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin   Carl Fresenius

G

Johan Gadolin Galileo Galileo
Galileo Galileo Galileo
Luigi Galvani Luigi Galvani Luigi Galvani
Jim Gates Carl Friedrich Gauss Joseph Gay-Lussac
Murray Gell-Mann Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Joseph Goldberger
Jane Goodall John Goodricke Thomas Graham

H

Fritz Haber Fritz Haber Fritz Haber
Fritz Harber Otto Hahn Edmond Halley
Edmund Halley Norman Bruce Hannay William Harvey
William Harvey Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking Walter Lincoln Hawkins Werner Heisenberg
Werner Heisenberg Werner Heisenberg Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff
Paul-Louis-Toussaint Héroult Caroline Herschel Harry Hess
Henry Aaron Hill Hipparchus Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Dorothy Hodgkin Dorothy Hodgkin Dorothy Hodgkin
  Dorothy Hodgkin Roald Hoffmann
August Hofmann Arthur Holmes Robert Hooke
Eugene Houdry Fred Hoyle Edwin Hubble
Edwin Hubble Edwin Hubble  

I

Christopher Kelk Ingold    

J

Edward Jenner Edward Jenner James Joule
James Joule James Joule James Joule
James Prescott Joule Percy Julian  

K

  Friedrich Kekulé Johannes Kepler
Richard Kirwan Martin Klaproth Adolf Kolbe
Prof.Sir Harold Kroto Sir Harold Kroto Stephanie Kwolek

L

Edwin Land Auguste Laurent Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier   Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier Louis S. B. Leakey Henri Le Châtelier
  Anton van Leeuwenhoek Gilbert Newton Lewis
Justus Liebig   Carl von Linde
Joseph Lister Joseph Lister Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

M

Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Marconi Gregor Mendel
Dimitri Mendeleev Dmitriy Mendeleev  
Dmitri Ivanovitch Mendeleev Julius Meyer Robert A. Millikan
Maria Mitchell    

N

Walther Hermann Nernst Walther Hermann Nernst Issac Newton
Issac Newton Issac Newton Sir Isaac Newton
Issac Newton Issac Newton Issac Newton
Alfred Nobel Alfred Nobel  

O

Hans Christian Oersted Georg Simon Ohm Robert Oppenheimer
Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald Wilhelm Ostwald  

P

Charles Parson   Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur
Linus Carl Pauling Linus Pauling  
William Henry Perkin William Henry Perkin Max Plank
Max Plank Max Plank Roy Plunkett
Eleuthère Irénée du Pont Joseph Priestley Joseph Priestley
  Joseph Priestley Claudius Ptolemy

Q

     

R

William Ramsay William Ramsay  
Lord Rayleigh Regiomontanus Theodore William Richards
Jeremias Richter Sally Kristen Ride Wilhelm Rontgen
Ronald Ross Antal Ruprecht Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford  

S

Johannes de Sacrobosco Carl Wilhelm Scheele Erwin Schrödinger
Glenn Seaborg Glenn Theodore Seaborg William Shockley
Ernst Werner von Siemens John Sinfelt Søren Sørensen
Søren Sørensen    

T

Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Nikola Telsa
J. J. Thomson Joseph John Thomson Evangelista Torricelli

U

     

V

Robert Jemison Van de Graaff Louis Nicolas Vauquelin Leonardo da Vinci
Count Alessandro Volta Alessandro G.A.A. Volta  

W

James Watson Sir Robert Watson-Watt James Watt
James Watt Alfred Wegener Alfred Werner
Paul Weisz Whittle Geoffrey Wilkinson
Alexander William Williamson Georg Wittig  

X

     

Y

Thomas Young Ibn Yunus  

Z

Karl Ziegler    

General websites

Famous Chemists A brief history of chemistry with biographies and pictures of famous Chemists.
A Century of Physics An interactive time line of the last century of physics.
Museum of the History of Science The website for the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford. This website contains online exhibits and links to other relevant websites.

Famous Physicists

As the name suggests a website of biographies of famous Physicists.
Then + now - A Science Odyssey A Science Odyssey takes you on a journey through the most spectacular 100 years in the history of science and technology.
The alchemy web site A website all about alchemy - the quest for turning metals into gold and the predecessor of chemistry.
ABPI - History of medicine A history of medicine from prehistoric times through to the present day.
Greatest engineering achievements of the 20th Century How many of the 20th century's greatest engineering achievements will you use today? A car? Computer? Telephone? Explore our list of the top 20 achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world.
History of Physics Some aspects of the history of physics.
Famous Chemists Biographies and pictures of famous Chemists.
BBC Science and Discovery Explore the history of science, medicine and exploration through feature articles, 3-d models and animations.

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