It is sometimes assumed that scientists do not believe in God but these famous scientists actually did. Read details about their lives and beliefs, and some quotes attributed to them.

Gives information about the lives and accomplishments of ten famous scientists. Includes a list of other important scientists and their inventions.

Learn about the scientist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics, and also served as PhD supervisor for many Nobel Prize winners in physics and chemistry.

An article discussing the life and contributions of a famous mathematician Mihailo Petrovic Alas.

Read about Brazilian aviation pioneer, Alberto Santos-Dumont, who designed, built, and flew hot air balloons, and was famous for his flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower.

Learn about the ancient Greek mathematician regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity.

Learn about the Filipino scientist, Benjamin Cabrera, who specialized in parasitology.

Learn about the english physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the first vaccination.

Find out about the scientist George Beadle, who helped discovered how genes played a part in the regulation of biochemical events.

Read about Harold Urey, the scientist who discovered deuterium, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His work made a significant impact in an unusually wide range of scientific fields including cosmochemistry.

An article reviewing the life and discoveries of Niccolo Leoniceno who was a scientist, Italian humanist, and physician.

Learn about the life and work of Willard Libby, the scientist who helped in the development of radiocarbon dating which led to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1960.

Find out about Ernst Haeckel, a scientist known for his work with ecology, zoology, and the study of phylogeny.

Find out how George Washington Carvers' contributions to science radically changed the agricultural economy of the United States.

Learn about the life of Aage Niels Bohr, and see how his work was pivotal in the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus.

Find out about the philosopher, Al-Farabi, who is credited with preserving the original Greek texts during the Middle Ages because of his commentaries and treatises, and influencing many prominent philosophers

Find out how the Austrian pediatrician, Adalbert Czerny, was considered co-founder of modern pediatrics.

This short biography about Agnes Arber describes her contributions to botanical science.

Meet Nobel Prize winner, Albert Michelson, an American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment.

Meet Alexander Brongniart, a French chemist and mineralogist who worked in ceramic chemistry.

Learn about surgeon Alfred Blalock, who developed the operation that ushered in the modern era of cardiac surgery.

A short biography about Antonio Meucci, best known for developing a voice communication apparatus that several sources credit as the first telephone.

A short biography about Arnold Orville Beckman, once considered to have revolutionized the study of chemistry and biology with his work in bioscience instruments.

Learn how Artturi Virtanen's inventions and research in agricultural and nutrition chemistry made him a Nobel Prize Laureate.