Science

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

Nicola Abbagnano
Nicola Abbagnano
Italy
Italian existentialist philosopher.
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Slovenia
Slovenian nobleman, scientist and writer, member of the Royal Society
John Fenn
John Fenn
USA
American researcher, professor of analytical chemistry, Nobel laureate.
Adolf Soetbeer
Adolf Soetbeer
Germany
German economist
Robert W. Bower
Robert W. Bower
USA
American scientist, physicist
Vladimir Vladimir Petrovich Girchenko
Vladimir Vladimir Petrovich Girchenko
Historian, archivist, local historian
Pier Dulong
Pier Dulong
France
French chemist and physicist.
Elizabeth David
Elizabeth David
Great Britain
British writer
Lionel Casson
Lionel Casson
USA
American classicist, professor emeritus at New York University and specialist in maritime history
Adolf Ermann
Adolf Ermann
Germany
German Egyptologist and lexicographer, founder of the Berlin School of Egyptology.
James Prinsep
James Prinsep
Anglo-Indian historian, linguist
Richard English
Richard English
Ireland
Irish historian
Nicole Gilles
Nicole Gilles
France
French historian
Willem Weststeijn
Willem Weststeijn
Netherlands
Dutch literary scholar, Slavist
Antuan Lavoisier
Antuan Lavoisier
France
French chemist
Isa Alyev
Isa Alyev
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Economics
Stojan Kocov
Stojan Kocov
Macedonia
Macedonian historian and publicist.
Jordanus Nemorarius
Jordanus Nemorarius
13th century mathematician.
George Goodman
George Goodman
USA
American economist, writer and economic commentator
Lis Burbo
Lis Burbo
Canada
Philosopher, psychologist, teacher, educator, author of numerous bestsellers.
Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler
Great Britain
English philosopher, writer, musician, artist, theologian
Karl Shvele
Karl Shvele
Sweden
Swedish chemist, since 1775 - member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Roald Gerscberg
Roald Gerscberg
Ukraine
Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer
Arkadiy Demidenko
Arkadiy Demidenko
Ukraine
Doctor of Economics
Martin and Suzie Cowley
Martin and Suzie Cowley
Great Britain
Confectioners making bacon jam
Fritz Shahermayr
Fritz Shahermayr
Austria
Austrian antiquarian historian, one of the oldest antiquarians in Austria.
Semen Gluzman
Semen Gluzman
Ukraine
Human rights activist, former dissident and political prisoner, renowned psychiatrist
Jean Bulliard
Jean Bulliard
France
French physician and botanist.
Robert Ettinger
Robert Ettinger
USA
American scientist, creator of cryonics.
Elsdon Best
Elsdon Best
New Zealand
New Zealand ethnographer.
Dmitriy Stus
Dmitriy Stus
Ukraine
Candidate of Philology. Member of the Association of Ukrainian Writers.
Ernst Gombrich
Ernst Gombrich
Great Britain
Austrian and English art historian and theorist.
Nicolas Werth
Nicolas Werth
France
French historian and Sovietologist
Johann HEDWIG
Johann HEDWIG
Germany
German botanist
Willem Johan Kolff
Willem Johan Kolff
USA
Pioneer of hemodialysis and the creation of artificial organs
Arkadiy Melua
Arkadiy Melua
Ukraine
Soviet and Russian philosopher and historian of science
Lars Peter Hansen
Lars Peter Hansen
USA
American economist and econometrician.
Zahi Hawass
Zahi Hawass
Egypt
Egyptian archaeologist and historian of Ancient Egypt.
John Berkenhout
John Berkenhout
Great Britain
English physician, naturalist and writer.
Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik
Turkey
Turkish economist, specialist in developing countries' economies
David Dinan
David Dinan
France
French philosopher and theologian
Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Malaysia
Prominent Malaysian economist
Fredmund Malik
Fredmund Malik
Australia
Austrian economist and management theorist
Nicolas Flamel
Nicolas Flamel
France
A French alchemist known as the inventor of the Philosopher's Stone
Anton Pannekoek
Anton Pannekoek
Netherlands
Dutch astronomer and Marxist theorist.
Annette Laming-Emperaire
Annette Laming-Emperaire
France
French archaeologist
Ulrich Vilamovits-Mellendorf
Ulrich Vilamovits-Mellendorf
Germany
The greatest German classical philologist.
Adalbert Krueger
Adalbert Krueger
Germany
German astronomer
Ursin Durand
Ursin Durand
France
French historian, Benedictine monk.
Murray Weidenbaum
Murray Weidenbaum
USA
American economist.