Science

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

Anne Dacier
Anne Dacier
France
French classical philologist and translator
James Hector
James Hector
Great Britain
British scientist, naturalist, physician.
Ernst Boris Chain
Ernst Boris Chain
Great Britain
English biochemist
 Apollonius of Tyana
Apollonius of Tyana
Greece
Greek philosopher, representative of neo-Pythagoreanism
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
USA
Anglo-American astronomer and astrophysicist
Gottfried Kirch
Gottfried Kirch
Germany
German astronomer, member of the Royal Prussian Scientific Society.
Pierre Simon Laplace
Pierre Simon Laplace
France
Astronomer, physicist, mathematician
Alberto Alesina
Alberto Alesina
Italy
Italian political economist
Nicolas Malebranche
Nicolas Malebranche
France
French philosopher
Ronald Coase
Ronald Coase
Great Britain
British economist
Ruth Alice Allen
Ruth Alice Allen
USA
American economist.
Semen Volfkovich
Semen Volfkovich
Soviet chemist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Nusrat Halilov
Nusrat Halilov
Azerbaijan
Scientist, oil geologist, professor
Vaclav Hanka
Vaclav Hanka
Czech
Czech philologist and poet
Alex Berzin
Alex Berzin
USA
American Buddhist scholar, Tibetologist, historian and dharma teacher
Honore Fabri
Honore Fabri
France
French mathematician, physicist and theologian
Pier Ferhulst
Pier Ferhulst
Belgium
Belgian mathematician
Raymond Crotty
Raymond Crotty
Ireland
Irish economist
Alexander Neckam
Alexander Neckam
France
English theologian, writer, philosopher
Hartmut Boockmann
Hartmut Boockmann
Germany
Medievalist historian of Germany and Western Europe of the 20th century, professor
Roberts Zile
Roberts Zile
Latvia
Latvian politician and economist.
Edmond Nicolas Laguerre
Edmond Nicolas Laguerre
France
French mathematician, member of the Paris Academy
Johann Gravenhorst
Johann Gravenhorst
Germany
German entomologist
Rainer Zitelmann
Rainer Zitelmann
Germany
German historian, author and entrepreneur
Alexey Polak
Alexey Polak
Soviet scientist, inventor, doctor of technical sciences, professor
John Adair
John Adair
USA
American psychologist, motivator
Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish
Great Britain
English physicist and chemist who discovered hydrogen
Ioan D. Caragiani
Ioan D. Caragiani
Romania
Romanian writer, folklorist, translator and professor at the University of Iasi
Osborn Bergin
Osborn Bergin
Ireland
Irish philologist
Henrik Dam
Henrik Dam
Sweden
Danish biochemist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1943 (together with E. Doisy) for the discovery of vitamin K
Klemens Alexandr Winkler
Klemens Alexandr Winkler
Germany
Chemist, discovered germanium
Haskell Brooks Curry
Haskell Brooks Curry
USA
American mathematician and logician.
Yahya Gulyamov
Yahya Gulyamov
Uzbekistan
Famous archaeologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor
Arden Pope
Arden Pope
USA
American economist
Vilem Mathesius
Vilem Mathesius
Czech
Czech linguist
Carlyle Beals
Carlyle Beals
Canada
Canadian astronomer
Wendell Meredith Stanley
Wendell Meredith Stanley
USA
American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry, 1946, (together with D. Sumner and D. Northrop) “for the preparation of pure enzymes and viral proteins.”
Ulrich Kohler
Ulrich Kohler
Germany
German historian, classical philologist and archaeologist
Henrik Steffens
Henrik Steffens
Germany
German universalist scientist, natural philosopher
Raoul Bricard
Raoul Bricard
France
French engineer and mathematician
James Jeans
James Jeans
Great Britain
English mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
Paul Aler
Paul Aler
Germany
Jesuit, writer and teacher of the 17th - 18th centuries.
Artur Shlizinger
Artur Shlizinger
USA
Historian
Josef Kaizl
Josef Kaizl
Czech
Czech economist and politician
Aleksandr Issatschenko
Aleksandr Issatschenko
Austria
Czechoslovakian and Austrian linguist
Adrien-Marie Legendre
Adrien-Marie Legendre
France
French mathematician
Petrus Codicillus
Petrus Codicillus
Czech writer and scientist
William Griffith
William Griffith
Great Britain
English physician, naturalist and botanist
Jean Capgras
Jean Capgras
France
French psychiatrist.
Hermann Keyserling
Hermann Keyserling
Germany
German philosopher and writer from a famous Baltic noble family.