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Aristotle
He was born 384 B.C. and died in 322 B.C. He was a very succesful teacher. He was also the kings doctor for a while. Also during his teaching carrer, he founded a school. -
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Hypatia
She was born in 340 A.D. and died in 415 A.D. She was one of the first mathematical woman. She was a philosopher and a astronomer, and she created an early astrolabe. She was stoned to death by a mob of Christians. -
Feb 19, 1473
Nicholas Copernicus
He was born on February 19th, 1473 and he died on May 24th, 1543. He also helped prove that the Earth is not the center of the universe.He discovered the Heliocentric model. -
Dec 27, 1571
Johannes Kepler
He was one of the very early scientests around. He was known for laws of planetary motion, Kepler's Eqaution and Kepler's Triangle. He married Barbara Muller and had 9 kids with her. He died on November 15, 1630. -
Isaac Newton
He was an astronomer and he was the first person to find out about gravity. He is also very famous for Newtons 3 laws. He did poorly in school, and he never married or had kids. He also in a way started the space race. He died on March 31, 1727. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin is a very famous man. He invented the lighting rod, and also found out that lighting is really electricity. He helped America during the American Revolution, and he signed the Declaration of Independence. He is also on the $100 bill. He died on April 17, 1790. -
Benjamin Banneker
He created America's first fully functional clock. In his whole life he never attended any schools, but his grandmother did teach him how to read. He never married or had kids. He was also born into a family of slaves. He died on October 9, 1806. -
John Dalton
When he and his brother were born, they were both color blind. He made what is called Dalton's Law, and he helped create the atomic theory. He never married or had kids during his life. He died on July 27, 1844. -
Michael Faraday
He was a physicist, and a chemist. He only had one year of school, and he wasn't very fluent until reading books as a book binder. He died on August 25, 1867. -
Christian Doppler
He created the Doppler effect. He was from Austria. He got sick a lot. He died on March 17, 1853. -
Charles Darwin
He created the theory of evolution and natural selection. After his death his theory was proven correct. He died on April29, 1882. -
Florence Nightingale
Her books set standerds for all future military hospitals. She wanted to be a nurse her whole life. Someone proposed to her but she rejected because she wanted to write books. She died on August 13, 1910. -
Albert Nobel
He had 355 patents, but his most famous invention is dynamite. He died from a stroke by himselfin 1896. He knew five languages, and he created the Nobel Peace Prize. -
Dmitri Mendeleev
He created the order of the periodic table. His father was blind, and he was kicked out of Moscow by his uncle. Married two woman without divorce. He died on February 2, 1907. -
Thomas Edison
He made the first practical lightbulb. He was called Al and he had hearing problems. Most of his knowledge came from books. He died on October 11, 1931. -
Marie Curie
She discovered radium and used it to heal soldiers. She won two Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. She died in 1934. -
Albert Einstein
He made the famous eqaution, E=mc^2. He made the theory of relativity. He was born in Germany, he was from a Jewish Family. Married two times, and one of his wifes was his cousin. Nobody knows his last words. He died on April 18, 1955. -
Linus Pauling
He discovered the nature of chemical bonds . He was a chemist, and a member of the many international societies. He died on August 19, 1994. -
Dorothy Hodgkin
She made an x-ray, and penicillin and vitamin B12. She went to Oxford University. She died on July 29, 1994. -
Wernher Von Braun
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Ted Fujita
He created the Fujita scale. He invented macroburst and microburst. He lived in a small town and he moved to Chicago. He died on 1998. -
Watson Crick Wilkins
He found out DNA, replication of DNA. He recieved a Nobel Peace Prize. He died in 2004. -
Peter Higgs
He discovered the Higgs Boson. He recieved a Nobel Peace Prize. He is still living. -
Jane Goodall
She was a bioligest and a primatologist. She loved animals and she married twice. She is still alive. -
Carl Sagan
He was an astronomer and he made the greenhouse effect theory. He was in the show "Cosmos", and was in 4 movies. He had 5 kids. He died on December 20, 1996. -
Hwang Woo-Suk
He made a theory on cloning, and in 2004, he cloned a dog. He was born and raised in South Korea. He has 3 kids. He is still living. -
Steve Jobs
He and Steve Wozniak made the first personal computer, the MAC. He made Pixar, he got fired from Apple at one point, and he had Pancreatic Cancer. He died on October 5, 2011. -
Mae Jemison
She studied bone cells in space. She was also the first black person in space. She is still living. -
Brian Greene
He made the String theory popular. He was a professor at Columbia University. Went to Oxford and Harvard, he excelled at math, and he has a wife but no kids. He is still living.