Science

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

Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
Great Britain
Famous British astrophysicist
Wilchelm Kirchner
Wilchelm Kirchner
Germany
German zootechnician, professor, known for his works on dairy farming.
Carl Auer Welsbach
Carl Auer Welsbach
Austria
Austrian chemist
Josiah Willard Gibbs
Josiah Willard Gibbs
USA
American theoretical physicist one of the creators of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
France
French oceanographer, inventor of scuba gear, author of the films "Cousteau's Underwater Odyssey".
William Arnold Barnett
William Arnold Barnett
USA
American economist
Serafin Estebanez Calderon
Serafin Estebanez Calderon
Spain
Spanish writer
Chzuan Chzhou
Chzuan Chzhou
China
A famous Chinese philosopher, presumably of the 4th century BC during the Warring States period
Nino Graziano
Nino Graziano
Russia
Chef of a famous restaurant
Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau
Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau
Belgium
Belgian physicist. Invented the strobe light.
Fritz Baade
Fritz Baade
Germany
German economist and politician
Hans Singer
Hans Singer
Great Britain
British economist, one of the authors of the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis.
Wilhelm Ackermann
Wilhelm Ackermann
Germany
German mathematician and logician.
Friedrich Schelling
Friedrich Schelling
Germany
German philosopher
Nathan Ackerman
Nathan Ackerman
USA
American psychiatrist and psychotherapist
Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi
Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi
Armenia
Armenian Catholicos (898-929), historian and writer
Burton H. Klein
Burton H. Klein
USA
American economist
Nikolay Hramcovskij
Nikolay Hramcovskij
Russia
Self-taught historian
Michael Coe
Michael Coe
USA
American archaeologist, anthropologist, epigraphist, Mayanist, professor
Martin Hans Boye
Martin Hans Boye
Denmark
Danish-American chemist
Hennig Brand
Hennig Brand
Germany
He is believed to have discovered phosphorus in 1669.
Soren Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard
Denmark
Danish philosopher, religious thinker and writer.
Petter Adolf Karsten
Petter Adolf Karsten
Finland
Professor of Botany
Eduard Korkotyan
Eduard Korkotyan
Israel
Israeli neuroscientist
Maud Cunnington
Maud Cunnington
Great Britain
It is best known for its excavations of several major prehistoric sites on Salisbury Plain.
Stephen Groombridge
Stephen Groombridge
Great Britain
British astronomer, star cataloguer
Berthold Delbruck
Berthold Delbruck
Germany
German linguist
Eduard Hartmann
Eduard Hartmann
Germany
German philosopher.
Joy Pol Guilford
Joy Pol Guilford
USA
American psychologist
John T. Cacioppo
John T. Cacioppo
USA
American psychologist
William Thompson
William Thompson
Ireland
Irish political scientist, philosopher, writer and reformer
Andrew Sobel
Andrew Sobel
USA
Customer Service Specialist
Charlz Fillips
Charlz Fillips
Specialist in the study of brain and intelligence development methods
Luis Alberto Cuenca
Luis Alberto Cuenca
Spain
Spanish poet, philologist, translator.
Walter Hunziker
Walter Hunziker
Switzerland
Swiss professor and author
Bryan Klug
Bryan Klug
USA
Research Fellow in Social Philosophy
Katsudzo Nishi
Katsudzo Nishi
Japan
Japanese professor, founder of the Health System
Harry Pigen
Harry Pigen
USA
The Lone Sailor
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
USA
American psychologist and industrial engineer
Michael Alter
Michael Alter
Ukraine
Donetsk historian, local historian and Jewish historian, journalist
Eliakim Carmoly
Eliakim Carmoly
France
Franco-Belgian scientist originally from Alsace
Janis Aboltins
Janis Aboltins
Latvia
Latvian economist and politician.
Jean-Felix Picard
Jean-Felix Picard
France
French astronomer
Aaron Klug
Aaron Klug
Lithuania
Chemist
Friedrich Adolf Krummacher
Friedrich Adolf Krummacher
Germany
German poet, theologian
Dai Zhen
Dai Zhen
China
Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher
Frederic Cailliaud
Frederic Cailliaud
France
French traveler, naturalist, mineralogist, conchologist
Jean-Franzois Champollion
Jean-Franzois Champollion
France
French Egyptologist who was the first to decipher hieroglyphs
Cornelis De Jager
Cornelis De Jager
Netherlands
Dutch astronomer
Chezare Lombroso
Chezare Lombroso
Italy
Famous psychiatrist and criminologist