maria goeppert mayer
Maria Goeppert-Mayer developed the nuclear shell model of atomic nuclei, an
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edwin hubble
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E dwin Hubble saw a vast universe beyond the Milky Way, then found the first hints that it ...
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dian fossey
Dian Fossey was born in San Francisco, California in 1932. Her strong interest
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kurt godel
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K urt Godel was born in 1906 in Brunn, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and now par...
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elvia niebla
As a child, I was always interested in outdoor life. I was the youngest of four
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lloyd augustus hall
Lloyd Augustus Hall (June 20, 1894 - January 2, 1971) was an African American
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emmett w. chappelle
Chappelle is the recipient of 14 U.S. patents and was recently recognized as one
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leonardo fibonacci
Fibonacci was known for many things. He was best known for the Fibonacci Numbers, ...
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charles henry turner
Dr. Charles Henry Turner uncovered new species; contributed several of the early
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cornel west
Cornel West is currently the Class of 1943 University Professor of Religion at Princeton ...
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dr. c. v. raman
T he first Indian scientist to win Nobel Prize was Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970). A nati...
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john muir
J ohn Muir (April 21, 1838 - December 24, 1914) was an environmentalist, naturalist, traveler, writ...
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wright brother
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A pair of self-taught engineers working in a bicycle shop, they made the world a forever ...
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benjamin banneker
Benjamin Banneker was an African-American astronomer, clockmaker, and publisher
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percy lavon julian
Percy Julian is best known for formulating a drug to treat glaucoma and for
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abdul qadeer khan
A bdul Qadeer Khan was born into a modest family in Bhopal, India, in 1935.
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al-farghani
A bu’l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, born in Farghana, Transoxiana, was on...
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jean piaget
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J ean Piaget, the pioneering Swiss philosopher and psychologist, spent much of his professi...
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marjorie harris carr
Marjorie Harris Carr's interest in the world around her began in the early 1920's
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louis de branges
Louis de Branges de Bourcia (born August 21, 1932 in Paris, France) is a French-American
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jane goodall
Jane Goodall is the world's foremost authority on chimpanzees, having closely
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james watson
James Dewey Watson was born (April 6, 1928) and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He was a precocious ...
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ali ibn rabban al-tabari
T his accomplished Hakim was the tutor of the unparalleled physician Zaksriya al-Razi. Luck favoure...
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