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- Alvarez, Luis
(1911- ) Physics, United States of America
Liquid hydrogen bubble chamber.
- Armstrong, Neil
(1930 - ) Astronaut, United States of America
First man to walk on the moon.
- Babbage, Charles
(1792 - 1871) Mathematics, England
Inventor of the first digital computer.
- Bacon, Roger
(1220-1292) Mathematics, England
He was an early advocate for "the scientific method".
- Bailey, Liberty
(1858 - 1954) Botany, United States of America
He helped to establish horticulture as an academic discipline.
- Bell, Alexander Graham
(1847 - 1922) Technology, Scotland
Inventor of the telephone.
- Berthelot, Marcelin
(1827 - 1907) Chemistry, France
Research into the properties of alcohols and acids.
- Blackwell, Elizabeth
(1821-1910) Medicine, United States of America
First woman doctor in the United States of America.
- Bluford, Guion
(1942-) Astronaut, United States of America
First Black astronaut in space.
- Bunsen, Robert
(1811 - 1899) Chemistry, Germany
Experimental chemistry.
- Burbank, Luther
(1849-1926) Botanist, United States of America
Plant genetics.
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C - D
- Carson, Rachel
(1907 - 1964) Ecology, United States of America
Interdependence of plants and animals, pesticides in the environment.
- Carver, George Washington
(1864 - 1943) Biochemistry, United States of America
Uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and studies in soil sciences.
- Davy, Humphry
(1778-1829) Chemistry, England
Inventor of miner's safety lamp.
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E - F
- Fermi, Enrico
(1901 - 1954) Physics, Italian-America
Noted for work with nuclear reactions.
- Focault, Jean
(1819 - 1868) Physics, France
Law of Pendulum.
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G - H
- Gagarin, Yury
(1934 - 1968) Astronaut, Russia
First man in space.
- Hamilton, Alice
(1869 - 1970) Medicine, United States of America
Established the field of industrial medicine.
- Hopper, Grace
(1870 - 1992) Mathematics, United States of America
Pioneer in the area of computer development.
- Hyde, Ida
(1854 - 1945) Medicine, United States of America
Inventor of the microelectrode.
- Hypatia
(370 - 415) Mathematics, Greece
Neoplatonic school in Alexandria, believed to be first woman scientist.
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- Kaufman, Joyce
(1929 - ) Chemist, United States of America
Three-dimensional quantum chemical calculations.
- Kelvin, William
(1824-1907) Physics, Ireland
Work in thermodynamics.
- Kepler, Johannes
(1571 - 1630) Physics, Germany
Studies of planetary motion.
- Koch, Robert
(1843-1910) Bacteriology, Germany
Founder of field of bacteriology.
- LaFlesche, Susan
(1854 - 1903) Medicine, United States of America
Founder of field of culturally syntonic medicine.
- Lamme, Bertha
(1869 - 1954) Engineering, United States of America
Theory and design or motors and generators.
- Latimer, Lewis
(1848 - 1928) Physics, United States of America
Carbon filament for the electric light bulb.
- Leavitt, Henrietta
(1868 - 1921) Astronomy, United States of America
Photographic magnitude of stars.
- Lim, Robert Kho-Seng
(1897 - 1969) Physiologist, Singapore
Nerve receptors are chemosensitive.
- Lister, Joseph
(1827 - 1912) Medicine, England
Germ theory of disease.
- Lyell, Charles
(1797 - 1875) Geology, Scotland
Principles of geology.
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M - N
- Maury, Antonia
(1866 - 1952) Physics, United States of America
Spectral analysis of northern stars.
- McClintock, Barbara
(1902 - 1995) Biology, United States of America
Behavior of chromosomes - jumping genes.
- Mendel, Gregor
(1922 - 1884) Medicine, Czech Republic
Genetics research.
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O - P
- Oppenheimer, Robert
(1904 - 1967) Physics, United States of America
Developer of atomic bomb.
- Pascal, Blaise
(1623 - 1662) Mathematics, France
Developer of adding machine.
- Peebles, Florence
(1874 - 1956) Biologist, United States of America
Hydra regeneration experiments.
- Perlmann, Gertrude
(1912 - 1974) Biochemistry, Czechoslovakia
Protein chemistry - phosphate containing proteins.
- Planck, Max
(1858 - 1947) Physics, Germany
Quantum theory.
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Q - R
- Reed, Walter
(1851-1902) Medicine, United States of America
Yellow fever research.
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S - T
- Salk, Jonas
(1914 - 1996) Medicine, United States of America
Polio vaccine development.
- Shepard, Alan
(1923-) Astronaut, United States of America
First American in space.
- Tereshkova, Valentina
(1937-) Astronaut, Russia
First woman in space.
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- Watt, James
(1736 - 1819) Physics, Scotland
Developed the steam engine.
- Wrinch, Dorothy
(1894 - 1980) Chemistry, Argentina
Specificity of gene residues in amino acids.
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Y - Z
- Yalow, Rosalyn
(1921 - ) Physics, United States of America
Radio immunoassay.
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