James Clerk Maxwell

founder of modern physics

Thales

one of the first scientists

Galileo

collected much data in famor of the heliocnetric system but was forced to recant belief in it

Ptolemy

proposed geocentric system

Einstein

had two theories of relativity and was big in quantum mechanics

Lavoisier

discovered the Law of Mass

Conservation

Darwin

destroyed the idea of the

immutability of the species

Democritus

Ancient Greek scientist who believed in atoms

 Grosseteste

considered the first modern scientist

Copernicus

proposed heliocentric system

 Aristotle

developed the idea of

spontaneous generation

 Newton

the single greatest scientist

of all time

Mendel

determined how traits are passed

on during reproduction

Joule

demonstrated the First Law

of Thermodynamics

Dalton

he developed the first detailed atomic theory and became known as the founder of modern atomic theory

Bohr

best known for his model of

the the atom,  it was named after him and it revealed many of the atom's mysteries

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