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Famous Scientists: Salim Ali

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Learn about the "bird man", Salim Ali in this biographical article.
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Famous Scientists: Sally Ride

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This article will discuss the life and accomplishments of the first woman in space, Sally Ride.
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Famous Scientists: Santiago Ramon Y Cajal

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Learn about Santiago Ramon y Cajal life and scientific accomplishments in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Sergei Winogradsky

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This article will discuss the life, contributions, and inventions of Sergei Winogradsky.
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Famous Scientists: Sheldon Lee Glashow

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This article will review over the life and discoveries of Sheldon Lee Glashow.
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Famous Scientists: Shintaro Hirase

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Ever wondered what a malacologist studies? Find out by reading this short biography about Japanese malacologist, Shintaro Hirase.
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Famous Scientists: Sigmund Freud

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Find out about the famous neurologist known as the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud.
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Famous Scientists: Srinivasa Ramanujan

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A short biography about the Indian mathematician who made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions.
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Famous Scientists: Stephanie Kwolek

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Learn about the life and work of Stephanie Kwolekbest, known for inventing the first of a family of synthetic fibers of exceptional strength and stiffness.
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Famous Scientists: Stephen Hawking

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Learn about the life and work of the famous Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist, and cosmologist.
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Famous Scientists: Steven Chu

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Find out about Steven Chu who is known for his research in cooling and trapping of atoms with laser light, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Famous Scientists: Svante Arrhenius

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Find out about the life and work of one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry, Svante Arrhenius, who received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903, becoming the first Swedish Nobel laureate.
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Famous Scientists: Sven Wingqvist

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Swedish engineer, inventor, industrialist, and one of the founders of one of the world's leading ball- and roller bearing makers.
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Famous Scientists: Thabit Ibn Qurra

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of Thabit ibn Qurra, a mathematician, physician, astronomer, and translator of the Islamic Golden Age.
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Famous Scientists: Thales

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a short biography about Thales, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer.
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Famous Scientists: Theodor Schwann

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Learn about German Physiologist, Theodor Schwann, one of the scientists who helped develop the cell theory.
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Famous Scientists: Thomas Alva Edison

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the inventor of the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb, Thomas Edison.
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Famous Scientists: Thomas Burnet

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this short biography about theologian, Thimas Burnet.
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Famous Scientists: Thomas Hunt Morgan

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries elucidating the role that the chromosome plays in heredity.
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Famous Scientists: Thomas Kuhn

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the author of one of the most influential books of the 20th century The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, and the philosopher who coined the term "paradigm shift."
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Famous Scientists: Thomas Midgeley Jr.

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Meet a key figure in a team of chemists that developed the tetraethyllead additive to gasoline as well as some of the first chlorofluorocarbons.
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Famous Scientists: Thomas Newcomen

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the life and work of the inventor who created the first practical steam engine for pumping water in 1712, the Newcomen steam engine.
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Famous Scientists: Thomas Willis

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Willis was a founding member of the Royal Society, who played an important part in the history of anatomy, neurology, and psychiatry.
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Famous Scientists: Tim Noakes

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography about Tim Noakes, the South African scientist who has run more than 70 marathons and ultramarathons, and is the author of several books on exercise and diet.