Scientist biographies
Discover the stories, ideas, and achievements of remarkable scientists from across history.
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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Being a brilliant scientist who helped build India’s space and missile programs and later became the President of India.
Al-Khwarizmi
Helping create algebra and inspiring the word “algorithm.”
Albert Einstein
He was a brilliant scientist who helped us understand space, time, and light.
Alexander Fleming
Discovering penicillin, the world’s first widely used antibiotic
Alfred Russel Wallace
Helping discover the idea of evolution by natural selection.
Alfred Wegener
He came up with the idea of continental drift, which explained that continents move over time.
Angela Merkel
Being the first woman to serve as Chancellor of Germany and leading her country for many years.
Annie Jump Cannon
Creating a simple system to classify stars that astronomers still use today
Antoine Lavoisier
Helping create modern chemistry and discovering the role of oxygen in chemical reactions
Aristotle
Being one of the greatest thinkers in history and teaching people how to learn through careful thinking and observation.
Averroes (Ibn Rushd)
A famous philosopher and doctor who helped people understand science and the ideas of ancient Greece
Barbara McClintock
Discovering "jumping genes" and changing how scientists understand genetics
Benjamin Franklin
A famous American inventor, writer, and leader who helped shape the United States.
Carl Linnaeus
Creating a simple system to name and classify plants and animals
Carl Sagan
Helping people understand space and science through books, TV shows, and exciting ideas.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Discovering what stars are made of
Charles Darwin
He was a scientist who explained how living things change over time through a process called evolution.
Charles Lyell
He helped people understand that Earth changes slowly over a very long time.
Dorothy Vaughan
Being a brilliant mathematician who helped NASA succeed and became the first African American supervisor at NACA, NASA’s predecessor.
Edward Jenner
Creating the first successful vaccine, which helped protect people from smallpox
Edwin Hubble
Discovering that the universe is much bigger than we thought and that it is expanding.
Enrico Fermi
Helping discover how atoms work and creating the first controlled nuclear reaction.
Ernest Rutherford
Discovering the structure of the atom and being known as the father of nuclear physics
Erwin Schrödinger
He helped create quantum physics and is famous for the thought experiment called Schrödinger’s Cat.
Francis Crick
Helping discover the double helix shape of DNA, which explains how life grows and works