„MATHS AND SCIENCE ADVENTURE“
GALLERY OF FAMOUS SCIENTISTS Wolfgang Pauli
Date and place of birth 25.4.1900 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date and place of death 15.12.1958 Zürich, Switzerland
Nationality Austrian
Area in which (s)he worked Quantum Physics
Education Ludwig - Maximilians University, Munich
Worked in University of Hamburg
Known for Pauli Exclusion Principle
Awards Lorentz Medal 1931 Lisa Meitner
Date and place of birth 7. November 1878 Vienna, Austria
Date and place of death 27. October 1968 Cambridge, UK
Nationality Austrian
Area in which (s)he worked Radioactivity, Nuclear Physics
Education University of Vienna
Worked in Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
Known for Co-discovery of nuclear fission
Awards Lieben Prize 1925 Leonardo da Vinci
Date and place of birth 15 April 1452 Vinci, Republic of Florence
Date and place of death 2 May 1519 Amboise, Kingdom of France
Nationality Italian
Area in which (s)he worked Invention, Painting, Sculpting
Education Apprentice of Andrea del Verrocchio
Worked in Milan, Rome, Bologna, Venice
Known for Art: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper
Awards A house awarded by Francis I of France James Maxwell
Date and place of birth 13.6.1831 Edinburgh, Scotland
Date and place of death 5.11.1879 Cambridge, England
Nationality Scottish
Area in which (s)he worked Physics
Education Edinburgh University
Worked in Cambridge University
Known for Maxwell´s equations
Awards Smith's Prize (1854) James D Watson
Date and place of birth April 6, 1928 USA Date and place of death
Nationality American
Area in which (s)he worked Biology, genetics, chemistry
Education University of Chicago
Worked in Harvard University - Biology Department
Known for Co-discovery of the structure of DNA
Awards Albert Lasker Award Henri Becquerel
Date and place of birth 15 December 1852 at Paris, France
Date and place of death 25 August 1908 (aged 55) at Le Croisic,
Nationality French
Area in which (s)he worked Physics, Chemistry
Education École Polytechnique
Worked in École Polytechnique
Known for Discovery of Radioactivity
Awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) Ernest Rutherford
Date and place of birth 30.8.1871 Brightwater, New Zealand
Date and place of death 19.10.1937 Cambridge, United Kingdom
Nationality New Zealander
Area in which (s)he worked Physics, Chemistry
Education University of Canterbury
Worked in McGill University
Known for Discovery of alpha and beta decay
Awards Nobel Prize in Chemistry Charles Darwin
Date and place of birth 12 February 1809, Shrewsbury
Date and place of death 19 April 1882 (aged 73), Down House,
Nationality British
Area in which (s)he worked Natural History, Geology
Education University of Edinburgh Medical School
Worked in Self-publisher
Known for Evolution theory
Awards Fellow of the Royal Society Artturi Virtanen
Date and place of birth 15.1.1895 Helsinki, Finland
Date and place of death 11.11.1973 Helsinki, Finland
Nationality Finnish
Area in which (s)he worked Chemistry
Education University of Helsinki
Worked in Helsinki University of Technology
Known for Inventor of AIV silage
Awards Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1945 Amedeo Avogadro
Date and place of birth 9 August 1776 Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia
Date and place of death 9 July 1856 Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia
Nationality Italian
Area in which (s)he worked Physics
Education University of Turin
Worked in University of Turin
Known for Avogadro's law, Avogadro constant Awards John Vincent Atanasoff
Date and place of birth October 4, 1903 Hamilton, New York, U.S.
Date and place of death June 15, 1995 (aged 91) Frederick, Maryland, U.S.
Nationality American
Area in which (s)he worked Physics, Mathematics
Education University of Florida Worked in Aerojet General Corporation, Cybernetics Incorporated Known for Atanasoff–Berry Computer
Awards Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius Marie Skłodowska Curie
Date and place of birth 7 November 1867 in Warsaw
Date and place of death 4 July 1934 (aged 66) Passy, France
Nationality Poland (by birth), France (by marriage)
Area in which (s)he worked Physics, Chemistry
Education She studied at Warsaw's clandestine Floating University
Worked in University of Paris Known for Her achievements included the development of the theory of radioactivity, techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two elements: polonium and radium. Awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1903), Davy Medal (1903), Medal (1904), Elliott Cresson Medal (1909), Albert Medal (1910), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911), Willard Gibbs Award (1921). Galileo Galilei
Date and place of birth 15 February 1564, Pisa, Duchy of Florence, Italy Date and place of death 8 January 1642 (aged 77) Arcetri, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Italy Nationality Italian Area in which (s)he worked Astronomy, Physics, Engineering , Natural Philosophy, Mathematics. Education University of Pisa to study medicine. Armed with high intelligence and talent, he soon became fascinated with many subjects, particularly Mathematics and Physics. Worked in University of Pisa, University of Padua Known for Kinematics, Dynamics, Telescopic Observation, Astronomy , Heliocentrism . Awards Isaac Newton
Date and place of birth 25 December 1642, Woolstorpe, Lincolnshire, England Date and place of death 20 March 1726/27 (aged 84), Kensington, Middlesex, England Nationality English Area in which (s)he worked Physics, Natural philosophy, Alchemy, Theology, Mathematics, Astronomy, Education King's School, Cambridge and Trinity College.
Worked in University of Cambridge, Royal Society, Royal Mint Known for Newtonian mechanics, Universal gravitation, Calculus, Newton's laws of motion, Optics, Binomial series, Newton's method Awards FRS (1672) Archimedes
Date and place of birth c. 287 BC Syracuse, Sicily Magna Graecia
Date and place of death c. 212 BC (aged around 75) Syracuse
Nationality Greek Area in which (s)he worked Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Astronomy, Invention Education Archimedes was educated in Egypt by followers of the famous mathematician, Euclid. Worked in
Known for Archimedes’ principle, Archimedes’ screw, hydrostatics, levers, Awards François Viète
Date and place of birth 1540 Foutenay-le-Comte, Vendee, France
Date and place of death 23 February 1603 (aged 62–63) Paris, France
Nationality French
Area in which (s)he worked Algebra Education Viete went to a Franciscan school and in 1558 studied law at Poitiers, graduating as a Bachelor of Laws in 1559. Worked in Councillor of the Parliament of Brittany at Rennes
Known for First notation of new algebra Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
Date and place of birth 30 April 1777 Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel Date and place of death 23 February 1855 (aged 77) Göttingen, Kingdom of Hanover Nationality German
Area in which (s)he worked Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
Education University of Göttingen
Worked in University of Göttingen
Known for Gauss’ proofs, Gauss's identities, Gauss conjectures
Awards Lalande Prize (1810), Copley Medal (1838) René Descartes
Date and place of birth 31 March 1596 La Haye en Touraine, Kingdom of France Date and place of death 11 February 1650 (aged 53) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality French
Area in which (s)he worked Philosophy, Mathematics
Education Jesuit Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Flèche Worked in
Known for Cartesian coordinate system Awards Thales
Date and place of birth c. 624 BC
Date and place of death c 546 BC
Nationality Greek
Area in which (s)he worked Ethics, Metaphysics, Mathematics, Astronomy Education As a young man Thales became a merchant, which was probably his family’s line of business. In his later years Thales traveled to Egypt, where he learned about astronomy and mathematics. He may have traveled to Babylon; if he did, it would have been during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar. When Thales returned to Miletus he changed careers, took a big drop in income, and became Ancient Greece’s first scientist. Worked in
Known for Thales’ Theorems Pythagoras
Date and place of birth c. 570 BC, Samos
Date and place of death c. 495 BC (aged around 75), Metapontum
Nationality Greek
Area in which (s)he worked Metaphysics, Musics, Mathematics, Ethics, Politics Education Pythagoras was educated in Tyre, Samos and Miletus, which is present-day Syria and Asia Minor, as well as Egypt. He later founded his own mystery school in Croton, which is southern Italy. Worked in
Known for Pythagorean theorem Ada Lovelace
Date and place of birth 10th December 1815 in London, England
Date and place of death 27th November 1852 in London, England
Nationality British
Area in which (s)he worked Mathematics Education She was homeschooled in Mathematics and Science by William Frend, William King, and Mary Somerville Worked in
Known for Being the history’s first computer programmer, despite of computers not even existing at the time Awards Albert Einstein
Date and place of birth 14th March 1879 Ulm, Germany
Date and place of death 18th April 1955 Princeton U.S.A. Nationality German (1879-1896), Stateless (1896-1901), Swiss (1901-1955), Austrian (1911-1912), American (1940- 1955) Area in which (s)he worked Physics, Philosophy Education Swiss Federal Polytechnic and the University of Zurich Worked in University of Zurich
Known for Relativity Theory, Mass-Energy Equivalence Awards The Nobel Prize in Physics (1921), the Matteucci Medal (1921), the Max Planck Medal (1929) and the Time Person of the Century (1999) André-Marie Ampère
Date and place of birth 20th January 1775; Lyon, France
Date and place of death 10th June 1836; Marseille, France
Nationality French
Area in which (s)he worked Physics, Mathematics
Education He was homeschooled by his father
Worked in École Polytechnique and Université de France
Known for Ampère's Circuital Law and Ampère's Force Law Awards Heinrich Hertz
Date and place of birth 22nd February 1857 in Hamburg, Germany
Date and place of death 1st January 1894 in Bonn, Germany
Nationality German
Area in which (s)he worked Physics
Education University of Munich and in the University of Berlin Worked in Professor von Helmholtz´s assistant and teacher In the University of Kiel Known for Discovery of Electromagnetic Radiation and the Photoelectric Effect Awards The Matteucci Medal (1888) and the Rumford Medal (1890) John Dalton
Date and place of birth 6th September 1766; Eaglesfield, England
Date and place of death 27th July 1844; Manchester, England
Nationality British
Area in which (s)he worked Chemistry, Physics, Meteorology, Mathematics Education He was homeschooled by his father and was privately taught by Quaker John Fletcher, who ran a private school at Pardshaw Hall Worked in He taught Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at New College in Manchester Known for Atomic Theory, Law of Multiple Proportions, Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures and Daltonism Awards The Royal Medal (1826) Joseph Thomson
Date and place of birth 18th December 1856 in Manchester, England
Date and place of death 30th August 1940 in Cambridge, England
Nationality British
Area in which (s)he worked Physics
Education Owens College and the Trinity College in Cambridge
Worked in Cavendish Laboratory and in the Trinity College Known for The Discovery of the Electron and for the Plum Pudding Model Awards The Smith’s Prize (1880), the Royal Medal (1894), the Hughes Medal (1902) and the Nobel Prize in Physics (1906) Max Planck
Date and place of birth 23rd April 1858 Kiel, Germany
Date and place of death 4th October 1947 Göttingen, Germany
Nationality German
Area in which (s)he worked Physics
Education Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Worked in University of Berlin
Known for Planck Constant, Planck Postulate and Planck’s Law Awards The Nobel Prize in Physics (1918), the Lorentz Medal (1927), the Copley Medal (1929) and the Max Planck Medal (1929) Niels Bohr
Date and place of birth 7th October 1885 Copenhagen, Denmark
Date and place of death 18th November 1962 Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Area in which (s)he worked Physics Education University of Copenhagen and the Trinity College in Cambridge Worked in Cavendish Laboratory and Professor Rutherford’s Laboratory Known for The Copenhagen Interpretation, the Principle of Complementarity and the Bohr Atomic Model Awards The Hughes Medal (1921), the Nobel Prize in Physics (1922), the Matteucci Medal (1923) and the Franklin Medal (1926) Nikola Tesla
th Date and place of birth 10 July 1856 in Smiljan, Austrian Empire (modern- day Croatia) Date and place of death 7th January 1943 in New York, USA
Nationality Austrian (1856-1891) and American (1891-1943)
Area in which (s)he worked Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Education Graz University of Technology Worked in
Known for Inventing the radio, Wireless Transmission, the Tesla Coil and the Tesla Turbine Awards The Elliot Cresson Medal (1894), the Edison Medal (1916) and the John Scott Medal (1934) Pierre Currie
Date and place of birth 15th May 1859 in Paris, France
Date and place of death 19th April 1906 in Paris, France
Nationality French
Area in which (s)he worked Physics
Education Sorbonne Worked in
Known for The Discovery of Radioactivity Awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1903), Davy Medal (1903), Matteucci Medal (1904) and the Elliott Cresson Medal (1909) Nikolay Basov
Date and place of birth 14 December 1922 Usman, Russian SFSR
Date and place of death 1 July 2001 Moscow, Russia
Nationality Russian Area in which (s)he worked Physics
Education Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
Worked in Lebedev Physical Institute
Known for Invention of lasers and masers
Awards Nobel Prize in Physics, Kalinga Prize Carl Bosch
Date and place of birth 27 August 1874 Cologne, Germany
Date and place of death 26 April 1940 Heidelberg, Germany
Nationality German
Area in which (s)he worked Chemistry Education Technical University of Berlin
Worked in BASF, IG Farben
Known for Haber–Bosch process
Awards Noble Prize in Chemistry, Goethe Prize Euclid
Date and place of birth Mid-4th century BCE
Date and place of death Mid-3rd century BCE
Nationality Greek
Area in which (s)he worked Mathematics Education
Worked in
Known for Euclidean geometry, Euclid's Elements, Euclidean, algorithm Pyotr Kapitsa
Date and place of birth 8 July 1894 Kronstadt, Russian Empire
Date and place of death 8 April 1984, Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality Russian
Area in which (s)he worked Physics Education Petrograd Polytechnical Institute
Worked in University of Cambridge
Known for Superfluidity
Awards FRS, Faraday Medal, Franklin Medal Makoto Kobayashi
Date and place of birth April 7, 1944 Nagoya, Japan Date and place of death
Nationality Japanese
Area in which (s)he worked Physics Education Nagoya University
Worked in Kyoto University, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization Known for Work on CP violation, CKM matrix Awards Sakurai Prize, Japan Academy Prize, Asahi Prize, High Energy and Particle Physics Prize by European Physical Society, Nobel Prize Alexander Bell
Date and place of birth 3 March 1847 Edynburg, Scotland
Date and place of death 2 August 1922 Beinn Bhreagh, Canada
Nationality Scottish
Area in which (s)he worked Engineer, Inventor Education University of Edinburgh, University College London
Worked in National Geographic Society, Bell Telephone Company Known for Invention of the telephone
Awards Albert Medal, John Fritz Medal, Elliott Cresson Medal Nicolaus Copernicus
Date and place of birth 19 February 1473 Toruń, Poland
Date and place of death 24 May 1543 Frombork, Poland
Nationality Polish Area in which (s)he worked Astronomy, Canon law, Economics, Mathematics, Medicine Education University of Kraków, University of Bologna, University of Padua, University of Ferrara Worked in
Known for Heliocentrism, Copernicus' Law Awards Democritus
Date and place of birth c. 460 BC Andrea, Thrace
Date and place of death c. 370 BC Andrea, Thrace
Nationality Greek
Area in which (s)he worked Metaphysics, Mathematics, Astronomy Education Pre-Socratic philosophy
Worked in
Known for Atomic hypothesis, Void hypothesis, Epistemology, Aesthetics Awards Thomas Edison
Date and place of birth 11 February 1847 Milan, Ohio
Date and place of death 18 October 1931 West Orange, New Jersey
Nationality American
Area in which (s)he worked Fluoroscopy, Electricity, Mining Education Self-educated
Worked in
Known for Electric light, Dictaphone, Vinyl Awards Stephen Hawking
Date and place of birth 8 January 1942, Oxford, England Date and place of death
Nationality British
Area in which (s)he worked General relativity, Quantum gravity Education University College, Oxford, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Worked in Caius College, Cambridge, California Institute of Technology, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Known for Hawking radiation, Penrose–Hawking theorems Awards Adams Prize, Eddington Medal, Maxwell Medal and Prize, Heineman Prize, Albert Einstein Award, Wolf Prize, Lilienfeld Prize, Fundamental Physics Prize, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award James Watt
Date and place of birth 30 January 1736 Greenock, Scotland
Date and place of death 25 August 1819 Handsworth, England
Nationality Scottish
Area in which (s)he worked Engineering, Chemistry Education Greenock Grammar School
Worked in Boulton and Watt, University of Glasgow Known for Steam Engine, Parallel motion, Sun and Planet Gear, concept of horsepower, Centrifugal governer, Indicator diagram Awards Antoine Lavoisier
Date and place of birth 26 August 1743, Paris, France
Date and place of death 8 May 1794, Paris, France
Nationality French
Area in which (s)he worked Biology, Chemistry Education Collège des Quatre-Nations, University of sParis
Worked in
Known for Combustion, Identified Oxygen, Identified Hydrogen, Stoichiometry Awards Dmitri Mendeleev
Date and place of birth 8 February 1834, Tobolsk Governorate, Russian Empire Date and place of death 2 February 1907 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Nationality Russian
Area in which (s)he worked Chemistry, Physics Education Main Pedagogical Institute
Worked in Saint Petersburg Technological Institute, Saint Petersburg State University Known for Formulating the Periodic table of chemical elements
Awards Copley Medal Blaise Pascal
Date and place of birth 19 June 1623 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Date and place of death 19 August 1662 Paris, France
Nationality French
Area in which (s)he worked Physics, Mathematics Education
Worked in
Known for Pascal’s Wager, Pascal’s Triangle, Pascal’s Law Awards Wilhelm Röntgen
Date and place of birth 27 March 1845 Lennep, German Confederation
Date and place of death 10 February 1923 Munich, Germany
Nationality German
Area in which (s)he worked Physics, Engineering Education University of Utrecht, Federal Polytechnic Institute in Zurich, University of Strassburg Worked in University of Würzburg, Columbia University
Known for X-rays Awards Nobel Prize in Physics, Matteucci Medal, Rumford Medal, Barnard Medal, Elliott Cresson Medal Carl Sagan
Date and place of birth 9 November 1934, New York, U.S.
Date and place of death 20 December 1996, Seattle, U.S.
Nationality American Area in which (s)he worked Astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, space science, planetary science Education University of Chicago
Worked in Cornell University, Harvard University, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, University of California, Berkeley Known for Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, Pioneer plaque, Pale Blue Dot Awards NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science Anders Celsius
Date and place of birth 27.11.1701, Uppsala, Sweden
Date and place of death 25.04.1744, Uppsala, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Area in which (s)he worked Physics, Mathematics Education Uppsala University
Worked in
Known for Celsius Scale
Awards Fellow of the Royal Society Aristotle
Date and place of birth 384 BC Stagira, Chalcidice (Chalkidiki), Northern Greece, Kingdom of Macedon Date and place of death 322 BC (aged 62) Euboea, Greece, Empire of Alexander the Great Nationality Greek
Area in which (s)he worked Philosophy Education Peripatetic School Aristotelianism
Worked in
Known for Golden mean, Aristotelian logic, Syllogism, Hexis, Hylomorphism, Theory of the soul Awards Evangelista Torricelli
Date and place of birth 15.10.1608 Faenza, Italy
Date and place of death 25.10.1647 Firenze, Italy
Nationality Italian
Area in which (s)he worked Physics, Mathematics Education Rome
Worked in
Known for Free fall and throw laws, differential calculus, microscope Awards Pierre de Fermat
Date and place of birth 6.12.1607, Beaumont-de - Lomagne, France
Date and place of death 12.1.1665, Castres, France
Nationality French
Area in which (s)he worked Mathematics Education University of Orléans
Worked in
Known for Number theory, Analytic geometry, Fermat's principle, Probability, Fermat's Last Theorem, Adequality Awards Georg Simon Ohm
Date and place of birth 16.03.1789 Erlangen, Germany
Date and place of death 06.07.1854 München, Germany
Nationality German
Area in which (s)he worked Physics Education University Erlangen, University Nünberg
Worked in
Known for Ohm-law
Awards Copley-medal Henrik Lorentz
Date and place of birth 18.07.1853 Arnhem, Netherlands
Date and place of death 4.02.1928, Haarlem, Netherlands
Nationality Netherlands
Area in which (s)he worked Physics Education Sherborne School
Worked in
Known for Lorentz force
Awards Nobel Prize for Physics (1902) Rumford Medal (1908) James Chadwick
Date and place of birth 20 October 1891 Bollington, Cheshire, England
Date and place of death 24 July 1974 (aged 82) Cambridge, England
Nationality English
Area in which (s)he worked Physics Education University of Manchester, University of Cambridge
Worked in Physikalisch-TechnischeReichsanstalt University of Liverpool Known for Discovery of the neutron, MAUD Committee Report, Manhattan Project Awards Fellow of the Royal Society, Hughes Medal, Mackenzie-Davidson Medal, Nobel Prize in Physics, Knight Bachelor, Melchett Medal, Copley Medal, Faraday Medal, Franklin Medal, Guthrie Medal and Prize, Companion of Honour James Prescott Joule
Date and place of birth 24.12.1818, Salford, England
Date and place of death 11.10.1889, Sale, England
Nationality British
Area in which (s)he worked Physics Education Private Student
Worked in
Known for First law of thermodynamics, Disproving Caloric Theory Awards Royal Medal (1852), Copley Medal (1870), Albert Medal (1880) Johannes Kepler
Date and place of birth December 27, 1571 Free Imperial City of Weil der Stadt, Holy Roman Empire Date and place of death November 15, 1630 (aged 58) Regensburg, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire Nationality German
Area in which (s)he worked Mathematics, Astronomy, Astrology Education University of Linz
Worked in
Known for Kepler's laws of planetary motion, Kepler conjecture Awards Leonardo Fibonacci
Date and place of birth About 1170 Pisa, Italy
Date and place of death About 1250 Pisa, Italy
Nationality Italian
Area in which (s)he worked Mathematics Education
Worked in
Known for Fibonacci numbers
Awards A statue in Pisa Alexander Fleming
Date and place of birth 6 August 1881, Lochfield, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Date and place of death 11 March 1955 (aged 73), London, England Nationality British
Area in which (s)he worked Bacteriology, Immunology Education Royal Polytechnic Institution, St Mary's Hospital Medical School Worked in Royal Polytechnic Institution, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Imperial College London Known for Discovery of penicillin Awards FRS (1943) , Nobel Prize (1945), FRSE, FRCS (Eng) David James Thouless
Date and place of birth 21 September 1934, Bearsden, Scotland Date and place of death
Nationality British
Area in which (s)he worked Condensed matter physics Education University of Cambridge (BA), Cornell University (PhD), Worked in University of Washington, University of California, Berkeley, University of Birmingham, Yale University Known for Kosterlitz–Thouless transition, Thouless energy, Topological quantum numbers Awards Maxwell Medal and Prize (1973), Fellow of the Royal Society (1979), Lars Onsager Prize (2000), Nobel Prize in Physics (2016) Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Date and place of birth April 13, 1937, New York City, New York, U.S Date and place of death
Nationality American Area in which (s)he worked Theoretical Astrophysics (structure and oscillations of rotating stars, the stability of galaxies, the evolution of globular clusters and other star systems etc.) Education Harvard University, University of Chicago
Worked in Columbia University, Princeton University, University of Cambridge Known for The Sloan Digital Sky Survey project Awards Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1972), National Medal of Science (2000), Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2004), ForMemRS (2007), Bruce Medal (2011), James Craig Watson Medal (2012) Louis Pasteur
Date and place of birth December 27, 1822, Dole, France
Date and place of death September 28, 1895, Marnes -la- Coquette, France
Nationality French
Area in which (s)he worked Chemistry, Microbiology Education École Normale Supérieure
Worked in University of Strasbourg, Lille University of Science and Technology, École Normale Supérieure, Pasteur Institute Known for The discovery of vaccinations, pasteurization and proving that germs cause disease Awards Rumford Medal (1856, 1892), For MemRS (1869), Copley Medal (1874), Albert Medal (1882), Leeuwenhoek Medal (1895) Paul Dirac
Date and place of birth 8 August 1902, Bristol, England
Date and place of death 20 October 1984, Tallahassee, Florida, US
Nationality Swiss (1902–19), British (1919–84)
Area in which (s)he worked Theoretical Physics Education University of Bristol, St John's College, Cambridge
Worked in University of Cambridge, University of Miami, Florida State University Known for Dirac equation, Dirac comb, Dirac delta function, Dirac sea Awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1933), Royal Medal (1939), Copley Medal (1952), Max Planck Medal (1952), Fellow of the Royal Society (1930) Richard Feynman
Date and place of birth May 11, 1918, Queens, New York, United States Date and place of death February 15, 1988 (aged 69), Los Angeles, California, United States Nationality American
Area in which (s)he worked Theoretical Physics Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology Princeton University Worked in Cornell University, California Institute of Technology Known for Manhattan Project, Acoustic wave equation, Bethe– Feynman formula Awards Albert Einstein Award (1954), E. O. Lawrence Award (1962), Nobel Prize in Physics (1965), Fellow of the Royal Society (1965), Oersted Medal (1972), National Medal of Science (1979 Sir Arthur Eddington
Date and place of birth 28 December 1882, Kendal, Westmorland, England Date and place of death 22 November 1944, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Nationality English
Area in which (s)he worked Astrophysics Education University of Manchester, Trinity College, Cambridge
Worked in Trinity College, Cambridge, Royal Observatory in Greenwich Known for Eddington limit, Eddington number, Eddington–Dirac number, Eddington–Finkelstein coordinates, Awards Royal Society Royal Medal (1928), Smith's Prize (1907), RAS Gold Medal (1924), Henry Draper Medal (1924), Bruce Medal (1924), Knights Bachelor (1930), Order of Merit (1938) Werner Heisenberg
Date and place of birth 5 December 1901, Würzburg, Bavaria, German Empire
Date and place of death 1 February 1976, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Nationality German
Area in which (s)he worked Theoretical Physics Education University of Munich
Worked in University of Göttingen, University of Copenhagen, University of Leipzig, University of Berlin, University of Munich Known for Uncertainty principle, Heisenberg's entryway to matrix mechanics Awards Matteucci Medal (1929), Nobel Prize in Physics (1932), Max Planck Medal (1933), ForMemRS (1955) Yoshinori Ohsumi
Date and place of birth February 9, 1945, Fukuoka, Japan Date and place of death
Nationality Japanese
Area in which (s)he worked Cell biologist Education University of Tokyo
Worked in Tokyo Institute of Technology
Known for Autophagy
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