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NameBriefsTime
Abdus SalamAbdus Salam 11:0011:00
Abraham MaslowAbraham Maslow 9:149:14
Ada LovelaceAda Lovelace 10:4810:48
Adolf FickFick's laws of diffusion 9:529:52
Alan Baddeley and Graham HitchBaddeley's model of working memory 10:0010:00
Alan TuringAlan Turing 10:30Turing test 9:0419:34
Albert EinsteinMass–energy equivalence 8:278:27
Alexander FlemingAlexander Fleming 8:448:44
Alfred Russel WallaceAlfred Russel Wallace 10:5910:59
Alfred WegenerAlfred Wegener 9:569:56
Alonzo Church and Alan TuringChurch–Turing thesis 11:0311:03
André-Marie AmpèreAndré-Marie Ampère 9:539:53
Andrew WilesFermat's Last Theorem 10:1410:14
Antoine LavoisierAntoine Lavoisier 9:369:36
Arieh WarshelArieh Warshel 9:319:31
Arthur AshkinArthur Ashkin 9:369:36
AryabhataAryabhata 9:149:14
Aubrey de GreyAubrey de Grey 11:0211:02
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner 9:589:58
Barbara McClintockBarbara McClintock 9:059:05
Barry MarshallBarry Marshall 9:559:55
Benoit MandelbrotBenoit Mandelbrot 9:57Mandelbrot set 11:0721:04
Bernhard RiemannBernhard Riemann 9:34Riemann hypothesis 11:1420:48
Bhāskara IIBhāskara II 11:0011:00
Biruté GaldikasBiruté Galdikas 11:0511:05
BrahmaguptaBrahmagupta 10:0810:08
CalvinCalvin cycle 9:309:30
Camillo GolgiGolgi apparatus 9:199:19
Carl Friedrich GaussCarl Friedrich Gauss 10:4010:40
Carl RogersCarl Rogers 9:359:35
Carl SaganCarl Sagan 10:4710:47
Carol DweckCarol Dweck 9:099:09
Caroline HerschelCaroline Herschel 9:529:52
Charles DarwinCharles Darwin 10:48On the Origin of Species 9:3320:21
Charles KeelingCharles David Keeling 10:24Keeling Curve 11:4322:07
Charles MooreGreat Pacific Garbage Patch 9:309:30
Christiaan HuygensChristiaan Huygens 10:1010:10
Chuck Hull3D printing 9:549:54
Claude ShannonClaude Shannon 9:03Entropy (information theory) 11:2920:32
Daniel BernoulliKinetic theory of gases 10:0410:04
David GrossDavid Gross 10:3410:34
David HilbertDavid Hilbert 10:06Hilbert's problems 9:5820:04
David M. RaupDavid M. Raup 9:019:01
Dian FosseyDian Fossey 8:598:59
Dmitri MendeleevDmitri Mendeleev 10:4410:44
Donald JohansonDonald Johanson 9:179:17
Edward B. LewisEdward B. Lewis 11:0211:02
Edward Drinker CopeEdward Drinker Cope 10:4110:41
Edward JennerEdward Jenner 8:448:44
Edward ThorndikeEdward Thorndike 8:558:55
Edwin HubbleEdwin Hubble 11:0311:03
Eliza Marian ButlerEliza Marian Butler 10:4910:49
Elizabeth LoftusElizabeth Loftus 10:0810:08
Emmy NoetherEmmy Noether 10:47Noether's theorem 10:2021:07
Enrico FermiChicago Pile-1 10:18Enrico Fermi 10:2520:43
Ernst HaeckelErnst Haeckel 9:539:53
Ernst MachErnst Mach 10:0110:01
Ernst RuskaElectron microscope 9:089:08
Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist. His 1926 wave equation gave quantum mechanics its central formalism, and the cat he sealed in a box nine years later was an argument against the way it was being read.

Erwin Schrödinger 9:11Schrödinger's cat 9:1118:22
Eunice Newton FooteEunice Newton Foote 10:1410:14
Évariste GaloisÉvariste Galois 10:5410:54
Felix KleinFelix Klein 10:5710:57
Florence NightingaleFlorence Nightingale 13:2013:20
Francis BaconBaconian method 10:3410:34
Francis CrickCentral dogma of molecular biology 11:0511:05
Frank WilczekFrank Wilczek 10:4010:40
FujitaFujita scale 9:469:46
Galileo GalileiGalileo Galilei 8:488:48
Geoffrey Hinton and othersNeural network (machine learning) 10:1810:18
Georg CantorGeorg Cantor 9:449:44
Georg OhmGeorg Ohm 10:4110:41
George BooleGeorge Boole 10:0010:00
George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver 10:0910:09
George WestinghouseGeorge Westinghouse 9:239:23
Georges CuvierGeorges Cuvier 9:589:58
Georges Köhler and César MilsteinMonoclonal antibody 8:428:42
Georges LemaîtreGeorges Lemaître 9:509:50
Gerty CoriGerty Cori 11:1411:14
Gil LevinViking lander biological experiments 10:5510:55
Gould and EldredgePunctuated equilibrium 10:2610:26
Grace HopperGrace Hopper 9:349:34
Gregor MendelGregor Mendel 9:179:17
Guglielmo MarconiGuglielmo Marconi 9:579:57
Gustav KirchhoffKirchhoff's circuit laws 11:3811:38
Hans Christian ØrstedHans Christian Ørsted 9:339:33
HayflickHayflick limit 12:0512:05
Hedy LamarrHedy Lamarr 10:2610:26
Heinrich SchliemannHeinrich Schliemann 10:4210:42
Hendrik LorentzLorentz transformation 10:3810:38
Henri PoincaréHenri Poincaré 11:0511:05
Henrietta LacksHenrietta Lacks 11:1411:14
Henrietta Swan LeavittHenrietta Swan Leavitt 12:0812:08
Henry GeeHenry Gee 8:078:07
Howard CarterHoward Carter 8:468:46
Hugh David PolitzerHugh David Politzer 10:5810:58
Ignaz SemmelweisIgnaz Semmelweis 11:5411:54
Ilya PrigogineIlya Prigogine 9:469:46
Ivan PavlovIvan Pavlov 10:0610:06
Ivanovsky and BeijerinckTobacco mosaic virus 10:1610:16
J. Robert OppenheimerJ. Robert Oppenheimer 10:0810:08
James Clerk MaxwellJames Clerk Maxwell 11:1811:18
James LovelockJames Lovelock 10:3110:31
James Prescott JouleJames Prescott Joule 10:2010:20
Jane GoodallJane Goodall 10:1110:11
Jean PiagetJean Piaget 10:1110:11
Jean-Baptiste LamarckJean-Baptiste Lamarck 9:469:46
Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle CharpentierJennifer Doudna 10:1610:16
Jing FangJing Fang 10:5210:52
Jocelyn Bell BurnellJocelyn Bell Burnell 10:1010:10
Johannes van der WaalsVan der Waals equation 12:0712:07
John Logie BairdJohn Logie Baird 9:539:53
John Maynard SmithEvolutionary game theory 9:47John Maynard Smith 10:3220:19
John TyndallJohn Tyndall 10:1810:18
John von NeumannJohn von Neumann 10:0310:03
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron RayleighJohn William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh 10:2510:25
Josef StefanJosef Stefan 11:0311:03
Joseph HenryJoseph Henry 10:3210:32
Joseph-Louis LagrangeJoseph-Louis Lagrange 11:3011:30
Karl von FrischKarl von Frisch 10:3410:34
Katherine JohnsonKatherine Johnson 9:479:47
Kojima, Park and othersPerovskite solar cell 10:1910:19
Konrad LorenzKonrad Lorenz 11:2611:26
Kurt GödelGödel's incompleteness theorems 13:34Kurt Gödel 10:0423:38
Lawrence KohlbergLawrence Kohlberg 9:209:20
Lee Berger (paleoanthropologist)Lee Berger (paleoanthropologist) 10:1210:12
Lise MeitnerLise Meitner 11:0911:09
Liu HuiLiu Hui 9:249:24
Louis LeakeyLouis Leakey 11:2911:29
Ludwig BoltzmannLudwig Boltzmann 10:1910:19
Lynn MargulisLynn Margulis 10:0810:08
Margaret MeadMargaret Mead 10:2010:20
Marie CurieMarie Curie 9:199:19
Mario MolinaMario Molina 10:3310:33
Marvin HarrisMarvin Harris 11:5411:54
Mary AnningMary Anning 9:219:21
Max PlanckMax Planck 11:0011:00
Meave LeakeyMeave Leakey 9:309:30
Michael FaradayMichael Faraday 12:3512:35
Mitchell FeigenbaumMitchell Feigenbaum 10:2010:20
Motoo KimuraNeutral theory of molecular evolution 11:1011:10
Nasir al-Din al-TusiNasir al-Din al-Tusi 10:5710:57
Nicolaus CopernicusNicolaus Copernicus 10:5410:54
Niels BohrNiels Bohr 9:259:25
Nikola TeslaNikola Tesla 9:599:59
Niles EldredgeNiles Eldredge 9:519:51
Norbert WienerNorbert Wiener 10:3410:34
Norman BorlaugNorman Borlaug 8:558:55
Ole RømerOle Rømer 10:4910:49
Oliver HeavisideOliver Heaviside 11:0911:09
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam 9:069:06
Othniel Charles MarshOthniel Charles Marsh 11:2111:21
Paul DiracDirac equation 9:28Paul Dirac 9:5319:21
Paul EhrlichBlood–brain barrier 8:408:40
Penzias and WilsonDiscovery of cosmic microwave background radiation 8:288:28
Perlmutter, Riess and SchmidtAccelerating expansion of the universe 7:407:40
Philip ZimbardoStanford prison experiment 13:1413:14
Pierre-Simon LaplacePierre-Simon Laplace 12:1312:13
Rachel CarsonRachel Carson 10:5810:58
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman 10:3010:30
Richard LeakeyRichard Leakey 11:0411:04
Richard OwenRichard Owen 9:129:12
RichterRichter scale 10:5310:53
Robert HookeRobert Hooke 10:1610:16
Roger PenroseRoger Penrose 10:1510:15
Rosalind FranklinRosalind Franklin 10:5710:57
Rosalyn Sussman YalowRosalyn Sussman Yalow 8:538:53
Seiji OgawaFunctional magnetic resonance imaging 13:1113:11
Sheldon GlashowSheldon Glashow 10:1610:16
ShorShor's algorithm 9:449:44
Solomon AschAsch conformity experiments 9:559:55
Sophie GermainSophie Germain 10:5610:56
Srinivasa RamanujanSrinivasa Ramanujan 8:338:33
Stanley Norman CohenStanley Norman Cohen 9:369:36
Stephen HawkingStephen Hawking 9:499:49
Stephen Jay GouldStephen Jay Gould 9:599:59
Steven WeinbergSteven Weinberg 10:0610:06
Stuart KauffmanStuart Kauffman 11:2411:24
Svante PaaboSvante Pääbo 12:20Neanderthal genome project 13:5326:13
Sydney BrennerSydney Brenner 10:3910:39
Thomas BayesBayes' theorem 10:3710:37
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison 9:399:39
Thomas Henry HuxleyThomas Henry Huxley 9:399:39
Thomas Hunt MorganThomas Hunt Morgan 10:2810:28
Tim D. WhiteTim D. White 11:0111:01
Tycho BraheTycho Brahe 9:429:42
Vera RubinVera Rubin 10:1610:16
Viktor FranklViktor Frankl 9:059:05
Vladimir K. ZworykinVladimir K. Zworykin 9:539:53
Vladimir VernadskyVladimir Vernadsky 9:499:49
Watson, Crick, Franklin and WilkinsThe Double Helix 8:528:52
Wendy FreedmanWendy Freedman 9:309:30
Werner HeisenbergWerner Heisenberg 8:588:58
William BucklandWilliam Buckland 10:3510:35
William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence BraggX-ray crystallography 11:2211:22
William HerschelWilliam Herschel 11:0311:03
Wolfgang PauliPauli exclusion principle 11:0811:08
YamanakaInduced pluripotent stem cell 9:379:37
YoungDouble-slit experiment 7:517:51
Yves-Alain BardeBrain-derived neurotrophic factor 8:428:42
Zinder and LederbergHorizontal gene transfer 10:0910:09
Zu ChongzhiZu Chongzhi 11:0711:07