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Famous Scientists: William Harvey
Find out how William Harvey was the first known to describe completely the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and body by the heart.
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Famous Scientists: William Herschel
Learn about the life and work of William Herschel, and find out about his telescope coinstruction and solar system reserach.
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Famous Scientists: William Hopkins
Learn about the English geologist who asserted a solid, rather than fluid, was the interior for the Earth and explained many geological phenomena in terms of his model.
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Famous Scientists: William John Swainson
Find out about William John Swainson, who created prolific illustrative works of natural history.
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Famous Scientists: William Thomson
Learn about William Thompson's important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.
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Famous Scientists: Wolfgang Ernst Pauli
Learn about the life and work of one of the pioneers of quantum physics, Wolfgang Ernst Pauli.
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Famous Scientists: Zora Neale Hurston
Meet the American novelist and anthrpologist best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
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Famous Scientists: Al Battani
Find out about Al-Battani, Arab astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician who introduced a number of trigonometric relations.
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Famous Scientists: William Smith
Find out about the English geologist credited with creating the first nationwide geological map of England and Wales.
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Famous Scientists: Andre Marie Ampere
Learn about Andre Marie Ampere, one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as electrodynamics.
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Famous Scientists: Frank Hornby
Learn how Frank Hornby managed to excel in toy invention based on engineering principles.
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Famous Scientists: Friedrich August Kekule
Learn about the life and work of Friedrich August Kekule, and his contributions to organic chemistry.
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Famous Scientists: Friedrich Wohler
Read about Fredrich Wohler's scientific contributions in the field of chemistry.
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Famous Scientists:rene Descartes
Learn about the life and contributions of Rene Descartes in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Brian Cox
Learn about the life and work of English pop star-turned-physicist, Brian Cox.
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Famous Scientists: Neil De Grasse Tyson
Learn about the life and scientific contributions of Neil deGrasse Tyson in this article.
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Famous Scientists: Erwin Schrodinger
Learn about the life and work of this Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist, founder of quantum mechanics, the Schrodinger equation, and his brilliant contributions to the wave theory of matter.
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Famous Scientists: Georges Louis Leclerc
Learn about the life and work of the father of natural history for the latter part of that century.
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Nasa: Astronaut Biography: m.lopez Alegria
Read biographical facts about this Spanish-born astronaut who is the veteran of three space flights including the Columbia, the Discovery, and the Endeavour.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Isaac Newton (1643 1727)
This life of Isaac Newton' traces his life from birth through childhood to his rise as a renown scientist and mathematician.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Linus Pauling
This is a brief biography of Linus Pauling, the famous American chemist and two time Nobel Prize winner.
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Wikipedia: Ernest Lawrence
Learn about scientist Ernest Lawrence, a physicist whose work was prominent during World War II.
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Mary Baker Eddy Library: Mary Baker Eddy
This resource provides a timeline, biography, and collection of works by and about Mary Baker Eddy.
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The Nobel Prize: Walther Nernst Biographical
The Nobel e-Museum provides a biography of Walther Nernst, the Nobel Prize-winning German scientist who discovered the third law of thermodynamics.