Science

Scientist Timeline

  • Period: 200 to

    Scientist birth dates

  • Democritus B.C
    420

    Democritus B.C

    Created Atomic Theory. Called the Laughing Scientist because he was easy going.
  • Galileo Galilei
    Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Galilei

    Invented telescope, thermometer,and the theory that the earth revolves around the sun. Discoverd Jupiters Moons.
  • Gregor Mendel

    Gregor Mendel

    Came up with the theory of modern genetics. Was a monk. He mutaded genetics in bees. The bees became so deadly they had to be killed.
  • Dmitry Mendeleev

    Dmitry Mendeleev

    Inventor of Periodic Table. Russian and had 13 or 16 siblings. Didn't have all the elements so the periodic table was added onto over time.
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur

    created Anthrax vaccine. Created Rabies vaccine
  • Florence Bascom

    Florence Bascom

    Made survey of Mid Atlantic Reef
  • Garrett Morgan

    Garrett Morgan

    Invented Hair straightener, gas mask, and traffic lights. Mixed
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein

    e=mc^2, energy = mass X speed of light squared
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr

    Created Bohr model. Contributed to atomic theory and quantum physics.
  • Percy Julian

    Percy Julian

    Made steroids and medicine that treats glaucoma
  • Edwin Hubble

    Edwin Hubble

    Developed the theory that said that galaxies move apart.
    Developed a chart that could tell if galaxies were elliptical or spiral
  • Linus Pauling

    Linus Pauling

    Taught Quantitative Analysis. Tried to stop use of nuclear weapons in WW. Believed if you took Vitamin C it would stop an infection. Taught himself Chemistry.
  • Frederic Mohs

    Frederic Mohs

    Invented Micrographic hic surgery that cures skin cancer.
  • Dorothy Hodgkin

    Dorothy Hodgkin

    First woman in the United Kingdom to win a Nobel Prize.
    Discovered structures of Insulin, Vitamin B12 and Penicillin. Went to Cambrige.
  • Marie Tharp

    Marie Tharp

    Mapped topography on multiple seafloors. Oceanographic Cartagropher
  • Ted Fujita

    Ted Fujita

    Created the "F" scale for tornados. Grew up during WWII. He found a bomb that didn't explode. The F scale shows how powerful a tornado is by its wind speed.
  • John Herschel Glenn Jr

    John Herschel Glenn Jr

    Provided Money to scientist all over the world. Marine Corp pilot. Astronaut
  • Peter Higgs

    Peter Higgs

    Discovered God Particle. Won Nobel Prize
  • Jane Goodall

    Jane Goodall

    Ape conservation. UN Messenger of Peace. Has a part of animal rights preservation
  • Hwang Woo-Suk

    Hwang Woo-Suk

    cloned dog and dairy cow
  • Neil DeGrasse Tyson

    Neil DeGrasse Tyson

    Was a valued Astronaut. Studied the Cosmos. Went on Apoll 11
  • Socrates B.C

    Socrates B.C

    Socrates Birth month and year are unknown. Socrates became a philosopher. Was in the military but left to become a philosopher.
    Taught Plato Philosophy.
  • Plato B.C

    Plato B.C

    Plato was a self taught man. He taught himself how to write and do math. He became a philosopher and created the first universety called an Academy. The Academy taught Biology, Astronomy, and mathematics.
  • Archimededes B.C

    Archimededes B.C

    Helped finding volume of spheres. Classified Pi. floating theory
  • Aristotle B.C

    Developed that lighter object fall faster than heavy objects.