Lev Landau: The famous Soviet physicist
by Lev Landau was one of the most highly acclaimed Soviet physicists. Born January 22, 1908, in Moscow and died April 1, 1968. Landau spent his …
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Willard Libby: The father of radiocarbon dating
Willard Libby was a Professor of Chemistry and he is often called the father of radiocarbon dating. In 1950, Nobels in Chemistry were awarded to …
Murray Gell-Mann: Nobelist in elementary particles
Murray Gell-Mann (September 15, 1929 – May 24, 2019) was an American theoretical physicist who won the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his work …
Steven Weinberg: Known for Electroweak interaction
Steven Weinberg is a theoretical physicist, best known for his contributions to the theories of the unified field theory, elementary particles and nuclear forces. He …
Niels Ryberg Finsen: Researcher in Physics
It was in Copenhagen where Niels Ryberg Finsen first started doing research on the effects of light. He studied its wavelengths that could affect blood …
Albert Camus: The young author
Philosopher Albert Camus was born on November 7, 1913 in Mondovi, Algeria. His parents were doctors who lived the first ten years of his life …
Wilhelm Röntgen: Father of X-Ray
Wilhelm Röntgen first discovered X-rays in 1895. In the year 1895, a twenty-seven-year-old physicist named Wilhelm Röntgen first discovered X-rays. It was on a sunny …
Emil Fischer: The researcher of sugar and purines
The full name of Emil Fischer is Hermann Emil Louis Fischer, 1st Baron von Fischer, (9 December 1852 in Gdańsk – 15 September 1946 in …
Theresa Malkiel:The voice of Women
Theresa Malkiel was born on the 1st of May 1874 in Russia. Her father was a goldsmith and her grandparents were rabbis. Her parents died …