Science

Science: biographies of scientists and researchers, their discoveries, publications, ideas and contributions to knowledge and society.

Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus
Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus
Germany
German naturalist, anatomist and zoologist
Immanuel Velikovsky
Immanuel Velikovsky
Belarus
Jewish-American historian
Michael Bogolyubov
Michael Bogolyubov
Antigua
Soviet and Russian linguist-Iranian, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Philology, professor.
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier
France
French astronomer, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Veniamin Bogorov
Veniamin Bogorov
Soviet oceanographer and hydrobiologist
Yoseph Locker
Yoseph Locker
Great Britain
English astrophysicist
Henry J. Eyring
Henry J. Eyring
USA
Mexican-American chemist
Jurgen Habermas
Jurgen Habermas
Germany
German philosopher, leading representative of the Frankfurt School
Max Dvorak
Max Dvorak
Austria
Austrian art historian
Andrew Douglas
Andrew Douglas
USA
American astronomer and archaeologist, founder of dendrochronology
Hiu Klapperton
Hiu Klapperton
Great Britain
Scottish explorer of Africa.
Wallace Broecker
Wallace Broecker
USA
American geologist and climatologist
Bart Jan Bok
Bart Jan Bok
USA
American astronomer of Dutch origin.
Gerberg Sajmon
Gerberg Sajmon
USA
Economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, 1978
John Biscoe
John Biscoe
Great Britain
English Antarctic navigator
Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Spain
Spanish scientist, professor of economics
Josiah Tucker
Josiah Tucker
Great Britain
Welsh priest, economist and publicist
James Lancaster
James Lancaster
Great Britain
English navigator
James (Georgy) Frazer
James (Georgy) Frazer
Great Britain
Scientist-historian
John Capgrave
John Capgrave
Great Britain
English historian and theologian
Martin Heidenhain
Martin Heidenhain
Germany
The son of the physiologist R. Heidenhain (1834-1897), a Jew who converted to Christianity.
Victor Gribkovsky
Victor Gribkovsky
Belarus
Soviet and Belarusian physicist
George Wells Beadle
George Wells Beadle
USA
American geneticist, awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Thomas Samuel Kuhn
Thomas Samuel Kuhn
USA
American historian and philosopher of science.
Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg
USA
American geneticist
Dmitriy Valuev
Dmitriy Valuev
Russia
One of the prominent representatives of the Slavophile school
Max Beer
Max Beer
Austria
Austro-German Marxist historian of Jewish origin.
Stephen Hales
Stephen Hales
Butane
English physiologist
Diogenes
Diogenes
Greece
Ancient Greek philosopher, student of Antisthenes, founder of the Cynic school
Werner Blumenthal
Werner Blumenthal
USA
Professor, Director of the Jewish Museum in Berlin
Cesare Campori
Cesare Campori
Italy
Italian historian and poet.
Wilibald Besser
Wilibald Besser
Austria
Austrian and Russian botanist and entomologist, doctor of medicine and professor of botany
Susan Lindquist
Susan Lindquist
USA
American molecular biologist
Sergey Adyan
Sergey Adyan
Armenia
Russian mathematician, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Philip Henry Gosse
Philip Henry Gosse
Great Britain
English naturalist, inventor of the aquarium
Marcel Berger
Marcel Berger
France
French mathematician
Johannes Widmann
Johannes Widmann
Germany
German mathematician
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Denmark
Danish theoretical physicist
Evangeline Smith Adams
Evangeline Smith Adams
USA
American astrologer of the late nineteenth century
Verner Arber
Verner Arber
Switzerland
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978, shared with Daniel Nathans and Hamilton Smith
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
Switzerland
Swiss naturalist and teacher, follower of J. Cuvier
Stamen Grigorov
Stamen Grigorov
Bulgaria
Famous Bulgarian scientist - doctor and microbiologist.
William Astbury
William Astbury
Great Britain
British physicist, molecular biologist
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten
Germany
The German philosopher, a follower of Leibniz and Wolff, introduced the term Aesthetics.
Nazarbay Bliev
Nazarbay Bliev
Kazakhstan
Kazakh mathematician
George William Cox
George William Cox
Great Britain
English historian
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
France
French philosopher, writer, playwright and essayist
Alexander Henckel
Alexander Henckel
Russian biologist, teacher and educator.
Michael Grzimek
Michael Grzimek
Germany
German biologist
Fedor Zambriborsch
Fedor Zambriborsch
Ukraine
Soviet hydrobiologist, professor