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Famous scientists: Albert Einstein
Who was he? Albert Einstein was a Jewish scientist who lived through the Second World War. He was born in Germany in 1879 and died an American citizen...
Famous scientists: Alfred Nobel
Who was he? Swedish scientist and inventor Alfred Nobel was the man who set up the Nobel Prize institution at the end of the nineteenth century. Why is...
Famous scientists: Archimedes
Who was he? Archimedes of Syracuse (c.287BC–212BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor and astronomer. He is regarded as one of...
Famous scientists: Aristotle
Who is he? Born at Stagira in northern Greece, Aristotle studied under Plato at his famous Academy. After Plato died, Aristotle returned to his native...
Famous scientists: Brian Cox
Brian Cox seems to be Britain's favourite professor. Is it the youthful looks, the Oldham accent - or have we just fallen for physics?
Famous scientists: Charles Babbage
Who was he? Charles Babbage was a nineteenth century English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer. Why is he famous? Charles Babbage...
Famous scientists: Charles Darwin
Who is he? Darwin was a nineteenth century English scientist and naturalist who developed the theory of evolution. Why is he famous? The reason everyone...
Famous scientists: Copernicus
Who was he? Born in 1473 he studied Latin, mathematics, astronomy, geography and philosophy at Krakow university in Poland, and medicine and astronomy...
Famous scientists: Ellen Ochoa
Who is she? She was awarded a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1985. As a pioneer of spacecraft technology, Ellen is the co-inventor...
Famous scientists: Emily Roebling
Who was she? Emily was born into an upper-class American family and, to the dismay of her parents, chose to specialise in maths and science subjects at...
Famous scientists: Fibonacci
Who was he? Leonardo of Pisa (c.1170–c.1250), also known as Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or, most commonly, simply Fibonacci...
Famous scientists: George Boole
Who was he? George Boole was born in Lincoln on the 2nd of November 1815. His father was a tradesman who had no money, but an active mind. Boole was given...
Famous scientists: George Stephenson
Who was he? George Stephenson was born in Wylam, Northumberland. Neither of his parents could read or write. At 17, Stephenson became an engineman at...
Famous scientists: Grace Hopper
Who was she? Hopper received her PhD in mathematics from the university of Yale in 1934. She then began teaching mathematics and by 1941 she was an associate...
Famous scientists: Hertha Aryton
Who was she? Hertha Ayrton was an English engineer, mathematician and inventor who was born in 1854. She was one of the first women to study at Cambridge...
Famous scientists: Hypatia of Alexandria
Who was she? She lectured on mathematics and philosophy in Alexandria in Egypt, then under the control of Ancient Greece, where her eloquence, and modesty...
Famous scientists: Irene Joliot-Curie
Who was she? A French scientist; winner of the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935 for her discovery of artificial radioactivity. Why is she famous? She...
Famous scientists: Isaac Asimov
Who is he? A Russian born American scientist and science-fiction writer, Isaac Asimov was a professor of biochemistry as well as being a very popular...
Famous scientists: Isaac Newton
Who was he? Isaac Newton was a mathematician and scientist living between 1643 and 1727. He is one of the most famous British thinkers of all time. Why...
Famous scientists: Louis Pasteur
Who was he? Louis Pasteur was a French microbiologist and chemist. Born in 1822 Pasteur made some remarkable scientific achievements during his lifetime...
Famous scientists: Maria Mitchell
Who was she? Born into a Quaker family in 1818, Maria was lucky enough to be given the same educational opportunities as her brothers. She was fascinated...
Famous scientists: Marie Curie
Who was she? Born in Poland in 1867, Maria Sklodowska went on to become one of the most famous female scientists of all time. She lived in France with...
Famous scientists: Richard Feynman
A Nobel Prize-winning physicist, safe-cracker, drummer and juggler who worked on the atomic bomb, Richard P. Feynman was one of the most extraordinary...
Famous scientists: Robert Oppenheimer
Who was he? Oppenheimer is famous for overseeing the ‘Manhattan Project’ – the successful attempt by America to create the first atomic bomb. After...
Famous scientists: Rosalind Franklin
Who was she? After graduating from the University of Cambridge, Franklin conducted important experimental work for the coal industry. She then went to...
Famous scientists: Sophie Germain
Who was she? Sophie Germain was an influential French mathematician who made important contributions to differential geometry and number theory. She wanted...
Famous scientists: Stephen Hawking
Who is he? Stephen Hawking is a British physicist and mathematician, who wrote one of the biggest selling popular science books, ‘A Brief History of...
Famous scientists: Thomas Edison
Who was he? Edison combined a talent for invention with those of a businessman. As a young boy he sold sweets, newspapers and vegetables to supplement...
Famous scientists: Watson and Crick
Who were they? Francis Crick started out as physicist but after World War II he decided to study biology. James Watson was awarded a PhD. when he was...
Famous scientists: Wernher von Braun
Who was he? Wernher von Braun became excited by the possibilities of space exploration by reading the science fiction of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells at...
Hidden chemist: Anne-Sofie Østvedt
Who is she? A former leader of an underground intelligence organisation in Norway during the Second World War. Why is she notable? Anne-Sofie was one...
Hidden chemist: Anton Rupert
Who is he? An Afrikaner-South African billionaire entrepreneur, businessman and conservationist. One of the founders of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF...
Hidden chemist: Dolph Lundgren
Who is he? Born Hans Lundgren on November 3, 1957, Dolph is a 6' 5" tall Swedish actor. Why is he famous? Dolph Lundgren is one of the original muscle-bound...
Hidden chemist: Gerald Garcia
Who is he? A classical guitarist and composer. Why is he famous? Gerald Garcia was born in 1949 in Hong Kong. After studying chemistry at Oxford University...
Hidden chemist: Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Who is she? An American science fiction author. Why is she notable? This lady has chosen to employ her scientific knowledge to create a fictional world...
Hidden chemist: Lejaren Hiller
Who is he? An American composer who founded the Experimental Music Studio at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1958 and collaborated on...
Hidden chemist: Margaret Thatcher
Who is she? Nicknamed the ‘Iron Lady’, Margaret Thatcher was the British Prime Minister between 1979 and 1990. Why is she famous? Margaret Thatcher...
Hidden chemist: Rod Anderson
Who is he? Rodney J. Anderson (born 15 April 1935 in Toronto) is a Canadian poet, musician and chartered accountant. Why is he notable? Rod proves that...
Hidden chemist: Scott Couper
Who is he? An American football player from Scotland. Why is he famous? Nicknamed "Scoops", he played at wide receiver, most notably for the Scottish...
Hidden chemist: Sir Mike Tomlinson CBE
Who is he? A British schoolteacher who worked hard to become a Knight! Why is he notable? Sir Mike was the chairman of the Working Group for 14-19 Reform...
Hidden chemist: Susan Powell
Who is she? A weather forecaster. Why is she famous? Susan Powell is a weather forecaster for the BBC. She broadcasts on BBC News 24, BBC One, BBC World...
Hidden chemist: Willie Smith
Who is he? An American alto saxophonist. Why is he notable? William McLeish Smith (25 November 1910 in Charleston, South Carolina-7 March 1967 in Los...
Famous Scientists: George Washington Carver
He could dye your clothes, run your car, paint your house and blow you up - using peanuts. Find out how a man born into slavery changed agriculture.
Who are the most successful women in modern science?
The Women of Outstanding Achievement Awards offer a chance to find out about some of the most successful and inspiring women in science today.
Famous Scientists: Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner's work on nuclear physics won a Nobel prize - but not for her.
Famous mathematicians: Ada Lovelace
Find out how this keen mathematician wrote the first computer program - before the first computer was built.
