Many scientists from around the globe have made great discoveries that have helped mankind. Here is a short list of some them and the inventions for which they are famous:
• Galileo - 16th century scientist, and one of the most famous. Invented the telescope, discovered planets and is the father of modern astronomy
• Charles Darwin - Englishman whose book The Origin of Species opened up the field of evolution and it still remains a controversial book in some parts of the world today. Many of the observations he made in the 19th Century have held up and been expanded on since his death
• Pierre and Marie Curie - husband and wife scientists made many discoveries during their lifetime. Pierre discovered the process to pasteurize milk and as a husband and wife team they won the Nobel Prize in 1903 for their body of work on radiation.
• Robert Boyle - an Irish physician and chemist, he is known as the father of modern chemistry.
• Albert Einstein - German-born scientist best known for his Theory of Relativity. His work helped pave the way for space exploration and the nuclear age.
• Archimedes - a Greek mathematician, scholar, scientist, engineer, and astronomer. He is known as one of the great minds of the ancient ages. He is also known for being the first to come up with a remarkably accurate measurement for the value of Pi.
These are just a few of the many great scientific minds over the past several centuries that have contributed to mankind. Some of the other well-known names in the scientific field who have made contributions include Ptolemy, Edward Teller, Sir Isaac Newton, Lord Kelvin, Stephen Hawking, Albert Abraham Michelson, and many others have helped to make life as we know it today to be possible.
• Galileo - 16th century scientist, and one of the most famous. Invented the telescope, discovered planets and is the father of modern astronomy
• Charles Darwin - Englishman whose book The Origin of Species opened up the field of evolution and it still remains a controversial book in some parts of the world today. Many of the observations he made in the 19th Century have held up and been expanded on since his death
• Pierre and Marie Curie - husband and wife scientists made many discoveries during their lifetime. Pierre discovered the process to pasteurize milk and as a husband and wife team they won the Nobel Prize in 1903 for their body of work on radiation.
• Robert Boyle - an Irish physician and chemist, he is known as the father of modern chemistry.
• Albert Einstein - German-born scientist best known for his Theory of Relativity. His work helped pave the way for space exploration and the nuclear age.
• Archimedes - a Greek mathematician, scholar, scientist, engineer, and astronomer. He is known as one of the great minds of the ancient ages. He is also known for being the first to come up with a remarkably accurate measurement for the value of Pi.
These are just a few of the many great scientific minds over the past several centuries that have contributed to mankind. Some of the other well-known names in the scientific field who have made contributions include Ptolemy, Edward Teller, Sir Isaac Newton, Lord Kelvin, Stephen Hawking, Albert Abraham Michelson, and many others have helped to make life as we know it today to be possible.
