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Biographies of Famous Scientists

Throughout history, scientists have contirbuted immesurably to what we accept as common knowledge today. But when we stop to think about it, there must have been a time when what seems so obvious to us was not even thought of by the scientific community.

Read about some of the early scientists and how their research and genius has brought us to where we are today.

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Aristotle

Aristotle was the first naturalist scientist. He studied and wrote about many different things, including physics, metaphysics, logic, zoology, biology, physics and music.

Copernicus

Copernicus was the first to understand that the earth was not the center of the universe and that the planets revolved around the sun.

Einstein

Albert Einstein may will be the most famous scientist of all time.

Fibonacci

Fibonacci was a mathematician who introduced the decimal numbering system to Europe.

Hermann von Helmholtz

Hermann von Helmholtz was a 19th century scientist who accomplished much in the study of acoustics.

Kepler

Johannes Kepler studied the planetary orbits in the 16th century, concluding, among other things, that their orbits were elliptical.

Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton made enormous contributions to science in several different fields.

Max Planck

The physicist, Max Planck, studied black body radiation and developed theories in the fields of quantum mechanics and wave mechanics.

Ptolemy

Ptolemy was an early scientist who developed a model of the universe with the earth at the center.

Pythagoras

Pythagoras was one of the earliest mathematicians. More than 500 BC, he discovered musical harmonics.

Thomas Young

Thomas Young was a brilliant scientist who was knowledgeable in all areas of science, including medicine and linguistics.

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Aristotle Copernicus Einstein Fibonacci Hermann von Helmholtz Kepler Sir Isaac Newton Max Planck Ptolemy Pythagoras Thomas Young

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