Scientist biographies
Discover the stories, ideas, and achievements of remarkable scientists from across history.
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Galileo Galilei
Helping people understand the sky by improving the telescope and studying space.
Georges Cuvier
Helping to start the science of paleontology and showing that some animals from the past became extinct.
Georges Lemaître
He helped explain that the universe is expanding and began with the Big Bang.
Gregor Mendel
He discovered the basic rules of heredity by studying how traits are passed from parents to children.
Guglielmo Marconi
Inventing early wireless radio technology that allowed messages to travel through the air.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
Discovering a rule about special stars that helped scientists measure distances in space and understand the size of the universe.
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
A brilliant doctor and thinker who wrote famous books about medicine and science.
Isaac Asimov
Writing exciting science fiction stories and explaining science in a clear, friendly way.
Isaac Newton
Discovering the laws of motion and gravity that help explain how the world moves
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Helping lead a famous science project that changed how people understand atoms and energy
James Clerk Maxwell
He helped explain electricity, magnetism, and light, showing they are all connected.
James Watson
Helping discover the double-helix shape of DNA
Jane Goodall
Studying chimpanzees and helping protect animals and nature
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A famous German writer and thinker who wrote poems, plays, and stories loved around the world
Johannes Kepler
Discovering the laws that explain how planets move around the Sun
Jonas Salk
Creating the first successful polio vaccine that helped protect millions of children.
Katherine Johnson
Helping NASA send astronauts safely into space using her amazing math skills
Leonardo da Vinci
He was a brilliant artist and inventor who loved learning about how the world works.
Lise Meitner
Helping explain nuclear fission and opening new doors in science
Louis Agassiz
He was a scientist who studied nature and helped people understand glaciers, fish, and fossils.
Louis Pasteur
Proving that germs cause disease and creating pasteurization to keep food safe
Marie Curie
Discovering new elements and becoming the first person to win two Nobel Prizes
Mary Anning
Discovering important fossils that helped people understand prehistoric marine reptiles and ancient sea life
Mary Jackson
Being the first Black female engineer at NASA and helping make space travel safer
Max Planck
Helping start quantum theory, which explains how very tiny things like atoms behave.