Scientists & Inventors12 profiles
Physicists, chemists, biologists, inventors and Nobel laureates whose discoveries changed how we understand the world.
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Aerospace scientist · 1931–2015 Scientists & Inventors 
Abdus Salam Theoretical physicist · 1926–1996 Scientists & Inventors 
Ada Lovelace Mathematician and writer · 1815–1852 Scientists & Inventors 
Alan Turing Mathematician · 1912–1954 Scientists & Inventors 
Albert Einstein Theoretical physicist · 1879–1955 Scientists & Inventors 
Charles Darwin Naturalist · 1809–1882 Scientists & Inventors 
Isaac Newton Mathematician and physicist · 1643–1727 Scientists & Inventors 
Marie Curie Physicist and chemist · 1867–1934 Scientists & Inventors 
Nikola Tesla Inventor and electrical engineer · 1856–1943 Scientists & Inventors 
Rosalind Franklin Scientist · 1920–1958 Scientists & Inventors 
Stephen Hawking Theoretical physicist · 1942–2018 Scientists & Inventors 
Thomas Edison Inventor · 1847–1931 Scientists & Inventors ← All categories · Browse all personalities A–Z
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