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- 1Chinese astronomer and Inventor. Wrote some of the best poetry of his age. Invented seismometer to sense distant earthquakes.Zang Heng
- 2Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. Lived on island of Sicily Most famous for working on how to use a tub of water to test whether a crown was made of pure gold.Archimedes
- 3Arabic Mathematician, Astronomer and phycist. Claimed he could stop the Nile river from flooding. He wrote the book of optics.Ibn-al-haytham
- 4Italian Inventor and artist Lived during the reinassance Painted the Mona Lisa.Leonardo Da Vinci
- 5Polish astronomer and mathematician Studied in Krakow Poland before going to Italy Worked in a huge variety of roles.Nicholas Copernicus
- 6Italian astronomer and physicist Invented the first astronomical telescope Found the four largest moons of JupiterGalileo Galile
- 7Irish Chemist One of the founding members of the Royal society Defined an element that can not be broken down into simpler substancesRobert Boyle
- 8English Mathematician who studied at Cambridge University Discovered how the colors of the rainbow are formed Became the president of the royal society.Isaac Newton
- 9German Physicist Famous for temperature scale Also, famous for the thermometerDaniel Fahrenheit
- 10Swedish astronomer Created the Celsius scale Got the Celsius scale correctedAnders Celsius
- 11American Inventor and politician Invented the lightning rod to stop building catching fire from lightning On the one hundred dollar billBenjamin Franklin
- 12Swedish botanist Taught at the UPPSALA university giving humans the name homo sapiensCarl Linnaeus
- 13French chemist Named the gasses hydrogen and oxygen He created a list of elementsAntoine Lavoisier
- 14English fossil hunter Found first plesiosaur(swimming reptile) Found an early pterosaur(flying reptile)Mary Anning
- 15English Naturalist Showed that animals can evolve Visited the Galapagos islands when he went on a trip around the world.Charles Darwin
- 16British mathematician Daughter of famous poet Lord Bryan got a software named after herAda Lovelace
- 17Austrian Monk and botanist Examined more the 29,000 pea plants his successor burned his work so they rediscovered it in 1900Gregor Mandel
- 18French Biologist Discovered beer, wine and milk go sour because of the bacteria. Able to develop the first vaccine because of bacteriaLouis Pasteur
- 19Scottish psychist and engineer. Calculated that -459 Fahrenheit is the lowest possible tempateur. Created the kelvin scale.Lord Kelvin
- 20Scottish born U.S Inventor Invented a type of electrical telegraph that sent signals as music notes Invented the telephoneAlexander graham
- 21Invented the lightbulb. Invented automatic repeater American InventorThomas Edison
- 22Serbian American Inventor was going to get a Nobel prize Discovered that electrical machines work better with alternative currentNikolas Tesla
- 23African American botanist and inventor Made more than 300 products from peanuts alone Invited to teach at the Tuskegee Institute where he remained for the rest of his lifeGeorge Washington carver
- 24Polish physicist who worked on radio activity. First woman to win a Nobel Prize and to win two Nobel prizes in different subjects. dies of cancerMarie Curie
- 25German Born Physicist his theory showed that matter can be made into energy and back Won Nobel prize in PhysicsAlbert Einstein
- 26American scientist and peace activist won the Nobel prize for chemistry later awarded the Nobel peace PrizeLinus Pauling
- 27American Marine Biologist Wrote Famous book called Silent spring Companies had to chemically test their products before selling because of her.Rachel Carson
- 28British mathematician and computer scientist Solved the German naval enigma code during World War ll Beat Tom Richards in the Olympics who had a silver medal that year.Alan Turing
- 29American Scientist Developed Atomic bomb in world war ll Awarded Nobel prize in PhysicsRichard Feyman
- 30English scientist Discovered the structure of DNA with James Watson Later went to study how the brain worksFrancis Crick
- 31American scientist Discovered the structure of DNA with Francis Crick Later took leading role in the human genome projectJames Watson
- 32English scientist her colleagues Francis Crick and James Watson got a Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA Died before the structure of DNA was found so she was not awarded a Nobel prize.Rosalind Franklin
- 33English scientist Famous for studying on chimpanzee's Goodall's love for animals was inspired by a toy chimp her father gave her.Jane Goodall
- 34English Physicist and expert on Black Holes Also, wrote a book A Professor of mathematics at Cambridge universityStephen Hawking
- 35British Computer scientist given knighthood by queen Elizabeth the ll Was part of the London Olympic Games opening ceremony.Tim Berns Lee
- 36Victorian Chemist and Physicist Invented electric motor son of poor London BlacksmithMichael faraday
- 37English scientist Helped start the Royal society Invented microscope.Robert Hooke
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