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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination - Sir Albert Einstein.
GREAT WORLD SCIENTISTS
ARISTOTLE
384 -322 B.C.Aristotle, the Greek philosopher and mathematician is historically considered the first scientist who believed in curiosity and innovation.
LEONARDO DA VINCI
1452 - 1519Leonardo da Vinci, the iconic painter and sculptor was an engineer too, who explored science through his designs, whose vision aided scientists later.
NICOLAS COPERNICUS
1473 - 1543Nicholas Copernicus, the 16th century Polish mathematician and astronomer was the first to discover that all planets move around the sun.
GALILEO GALILEI
1564 – 1642Galileo Galilei, the Italian astronomer’s improved telescope proved the heliocentric model of solar system as against the prevailing geocentric view.
ISSAC NEWTON
1643 – 1727Issac Newton, the British scientist famous for the falling apple story, gave us the law of gravitation and the laws of motion.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
1706 - 1790Benjamin Franklin, the great US scientist is credited for discoveries on electricity such as lightning and bifocals was a diplomat and writer as well.
CARL LINNAEUS
1707 - 1778Carl Linnaeus, known as father of modern taxonomy is famous for creating a system of naming plants and animals, which is still in use today.
MICHAEL FARADAY
1791 – 1867Michael Faraday, the self-made British scientist with little formal education had made great discoveries in electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
CHARLES DARWIN
1809 – 1882Charles Darwin, best known for his theory on evolution gave us the understanding of life on earth, how species adapt, reproduce and evolve.
GREGOR MENDEL
1822 - 1884Gregor Mendel, the father of modern genetics, was a monk whose experiments with plants in his monastery turned him into a great scientist.
LOUIS PASTEUR
1822 – 1895Louis Pasteur's invention of pasteurization revolutionized food preservation, and this discovery helped in advancing studies on immunology.
JAMES CLERK MAXWELL
11831 - 1879James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish Physicist whose work on electromagnetism unified electricity, magnetism and light into a single theory.
THOMAS ELVA EDISON
1847 - 1931Thomas Elva Edison, the US scientist had revolutionized the world with his inventions of the electric bulb, phonograph and motion picture camera.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
1879 – 1955Sir Albert Einstein is famous for his iconic e=mc2 and theory of relativity, which changed the understanding of space, time and gravity.
NIKOLA TESLA
1856 - 1943Nikola Tesla, the Serbian-US scientist is best known for his disruptive inventions of alternating current and wireless communications.
MARIE CURIE
1867 – 1934Marie Curie, the Polish-French scientist is the only woman to be conferred the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry in 1903 and in 1911 respectively.
ROSALIND FRANKLIN
1920 - 1958Rosalind Franklin, the British crystallographer made significant discoveries in molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal and graphite.
WRIGHT BROTHERS
1867 – 1912 & 1871 – 1948The US scientists, Wright Brothers - Orville and Wilbur, gave birth to aviation by building and flying the world’s first successful airplane in 1903.
NEILS BOHR
1885 - 1962Neils Bohr, the Danish Physicist whose ‘Bohr Model’ is the most widely accepted model of atom was conferred the Physics Nobel Prize in 1922.
STEPHEN HAWKING
1942 - 2018Stephen Hawking, the British cosmologist had immense contributions in black holes theory with Hawking Radiation in spite of his paralysis.
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