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| Created the first telescope. Father of modern astronomy. |
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| First flying machine or airplane. |
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| Invented the first real telephone. |
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| Discovered that there are other galaxies outside of our own Milky Way and that the universe is explanding. |
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| The father of modern taxonomy. He invented the binomial nomenclature for classifying plants and animals. |
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| Invented many uses for the peanut. |
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| First American woman in space aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. |
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| Discovered "inflammable air" also known as hydrogen. |
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Sir Isaac Newton
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/newton.html |
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Famous for his three laws of motion.
1. The Law of Inertia
2. Heavier objects require more force to move the same distance as a lighter object.
3. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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| Best known for his work on the improvement of the microscope. |
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| Inventor of the cotton gin. |
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| Developed the first atomic bombs and the hydrogen bomb. |
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| Created and built the first liquid-fueled rocket. |
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| Detected and the first X-rays. |
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| Painted, described, and catalogued all the birds of North America. |
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| French chemist who discovered a method for processing milk to reduce the bacteria count. |
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| A Scottish inventor who made improvements to the seam engine and developed the concept of horsepower and the unit of Watts. |
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| A Brittish chemist who is known for his discovery of alkali and alkali earth metals as well as the elements chlorine and iodine. |
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| American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815) |
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| Discovered nitrogen, carbon monoxide, ammonia, and several other gases, and in 1774 he became the first to identify oxygen |
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| United States chemist who devoted himself to the study of the prevention and treatment of illness by taking high doses of vitamins and minerals, particularly vitamin C |
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| This 20th Century scientist revolutionized the way scientists thought about space, time and matter, the most notable being his theory of relativity. |
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| The astronomer who explained planetary motion. Became the first to explain how light behaves within the eye, how eyeglasses improve vision, and what happens to light in a telescope. |
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| English doctor who started vaccinating against smallpox. Came up with the term "vaccination" |
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| most famous for the discovery of the elements polonium and radium. First to use the term "radioactivity" |
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French physicist and mathematician who discovered electromagnetism.
The SI unit of measurement of electric current is named after him |
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| English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood |
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| A monk with a scientific streak, discovered genetics and that traits are passed from parent to offspring, due to his work with pea plants |
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| discoveries led to development of a theory of evolution: the notion that species evolve as the fittest members survive and pass their traits on to future generations. Wrote the book, "Origins of Species" |
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| This scientist, in 1955, became a medical hero for developing a vaccine that helped conquer polio. |
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| On 20 July 1969, he became the first human being to set foot on the moon |
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| a French chemist whose persistence in precise experiments led to the law of conservation of mass. |
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| one of the first scientists to decide that all matter is made up of small particles, or atoms (the atomic theory). He is also remembered for his weather observations |
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developed a dot-and-dash alphabet and devised a practical plan for using telegraphy to send messages across great distances
Morse Code |
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| This scientist's book "Silent Spring" (1962), about the dangers of pesticides in the food chain, is regarded as the seminal work in the history of the environmental movement. |
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| Discovered Anthrax and how to inoculate against it. Discovered the organisms that contributed to the sicknesses of cholera and tuberculosis, created a vaccine for rinderpest |
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did groundbreaking work in organic chemistry and spectrometry,
but he's more famous for the laboratory gas burner |
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| English scientist and physicist, Michael Faraday is known for his brilliant discoveries of electro-magnetic induction, electro-magnetic rotations, the magneto-optical effect, diamagnetism, field theory and much more |
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