Scientist |
Year |
Milestone |
Abelson, Philip |
1940 |
Neptunium
(atomic number 93) |
Adams, John Couch |
1846 |
Discovery of Neptune |
Aepinus, Franz |
1756 |
Pyroelectricity |
Jabir ibn Aflah |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices |
Agassiz, Louis |
1840 |
Ice age |
Agricola, Georgius |
1529 |
Fluorine
(atomic number 9) |
1548 |
Bismuth
(atomic number 83) |
Akap’ev, G. N. |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
Alberti,
Leon Battista |
1413-1420 |
Perspective
|
Al-Biruni |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices |
D’Alembert, Jean le Rond |
1752 |
D’Alembert’s paradox |
Alexanderson, Ernst |
1904 |
Alexanderson alternator |
Alhazen
(Abū-‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥaytham) |
1025 |
Optics |
Allen, John F. |
1937 |
Superfluidity |
Ismail al-Jazari |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices |
Jamshīd al-Kāshī |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices |
al-Khwārizmī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsā |
820 |
Algebra |
Alonso, Carol T. |
1974 |
Seaborgium
(atomic number 106) |
Alonso, José R. |
1974 |
Seaborgium
(atomic number 106) |
Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices |
Alter, David |
1833 |
Electrical telegraph |
Amontons, Guillaume |
1699 |
Tribology |
Ampère, André-Marie |
1810 |
Fluorine
(atomic number 9) |
1811 |
Iodine
(atomic number 53) |
1820 |
Electromagnetism |
Anderson,
Carl David |
1932 |
Antimatter
|
de Andrada, José Bonifácio |
1817,1821 |
Lithium
(atomic number 3) |
Apollonius of Perga |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices |
Arago, François |
1819
|
Wave optics |
Archimedes |
260
BCE |
Mechanical
advantage |
Arfwedson, Johan August |
1817,1821 |
Lithium
(atomic number 3) |
Aristotle |
335
BCE |
Science |
Armbruster, Peter |
1981 |
Bohrium
(atomic number 107) |
1982 |
Meitnerium
(atomic number 109) |
1984 |
Hassium
(atomic number 108) |
1994 |
Darmstadtium
(atomic number 110) |
1994 |
Roentgenium
(atomic number 111) |
1996 |
Copernicium
(atomic number 112) |
Aserinsky, Eugene |
1953 |
Rapid-eye-movement sleep |
Aston, Francis William |
1922 |
Isotope |
Avicenna (Ibn-Sīnā) |
1025 |
The Canon of Medicine |
Avogadro, Amedeo |
1811,1909 |
Avogadro constant |
Baade, Walter |
1918 |
The
universe |
Babbage,
Charles |
1822 |
Difference
engine |
1946 |
Computer |
Bacon, Francis |
1605 |
Binary number |
1620 |
Scientific method |
Baekeland, Leo |
1907 |
Bakelite |
von
Baer, Karl Ernst |
1826 |
Eggs and
embryos |
Bagnall, Edward |
1890 |
Aposematism |
Bailey, P. D. |
2009 |
Tennessine
(atomic number 117) |
Balard, Antoine Jérôme |
1825,1826 |
Bromine
(atomic number 35) |
Banting,
Frederick |
1921 |
Insulin |
Bardeen, John |
1947 |
Transistor
|
Barger, George |
1914 |
Neurotransmitters
|
Barkhausen, Heinrich |
1919 |
Barkhausen effect |
Barrow, Isaac |
1668,1669 |
Fundamental theorem of calculus |
Bartholin, Rasmus |
1669
|
Birefringence |
Bates, Henry Walter |
1861 |
Batesian mimicry |
Bateson, William |
1904 |
Genetic linkage |
Bayes, Thomas |
1763 |
Bayes’ theorem |
Becquerel,
Henri |
1896 |
Radioactivity
|
von
Behring, Emil |
1890 |
Antitoxins
|
Beijerinck,
Martinus |
1898 |
Viruses |
Bell,
Alexander Graham |
1876 |
Telephone |
Belousov,
Boris Pavlovich |
1951 |
Chemical
oscillations |
van Beneden, Edouard |
1878 |
Mitosis |
Berg, Otto |
1908,1925 |
Rhenium
(atomic number 75) |
Bergman, Torbern |
1770-1774 |
Manganese
(atomic number 25) |
1781,1783 |
Tungsten
(atomic number 74) |
Bernard,
Claude |
1865 |
Regulating
the body |
Bernoulli,
Daniel |
1738 |
Bernoulli’s
principle |
Bertillon, Alphonse |
1893 |
Anthropometry |
Berzelius, Jöns Jacob |
1789,1824 |
Zirconium
(atomic number 40) |
1791-1910 |
Titanium
(atomic number 22) |
1803 |
Cerium
(atomic number 58) |
1813 |
Chemical nomenclature |
1817 |
Lithium
(atomic number 3) |
1817 |
Selenium
(atomic number 34) |
1823 |
Silicon
(atomic number 14) |
1829 |
Thorium
(atomic number 90) |
1830 |
Vanadium
(atomic number 23) |
Bessel,
Friedrich |
1838 |
Distance to
a star |
Best,
Charles Herbert |
1921 |
Insulin |
Bethe, Hans |
1920 |
Stellar
evolution |
1948 |
Quantum electrodynamics |
Binet, Alfred |
1904 |
Intelligence testing |
Birkeland, Kristian |
1784,1903 |
Birkeland–Eyde process |
1908-1958 |
Van Allen belts |
Bi Sheng |
1040 |
Movable-type printing |
Bjerknes, Jacob |
1920 |
Weather forecasting |
Bjerknes,
Vilhelm |
1920 |
Weather
forecasting |
Black, Joseph |
1755 |
Magnesium
(atomic number 12) |
1761 |
Latent heat |
Bloch, Felix |
1930 |
Magnon |
Blomstrand, Christian Wilhelm |
1801 |
Niobium
(atomic number 41) |
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich |
1790,1808 |
Strontium
(atomic number 38) |
Bohr, Niels |
1913 |
Atom |
1913 |
Bohr magneton |
de Boisbaudran, Paul-Émile Lecoq |
1875 |
Gallium
(atomic number 31) |
1879 |
Samarium
(atomic number 62) |
1886 |
Dysprosium
(atomic number 66) |
1890-1901 |
Europium
(atomic number 63) |
Bolyai,
János |
1829 |
Non-Euclidean
geometry |
Boltwood,
Bertram |
1907 |
Dating
rocks |
Boltzmann,
Ludwig |
1908 |
Brownian
motion |
Bonner,
John Tyler |
1947 |
Slime-mold
bodies |
Boole, George |
1847 |
Boolean
algebra |
Bose, Satyendra Nath |
1925 |
Bose-Einstein condensate |
Böttger, Rudolf Christian |
1846 |
Guncotton |
Boveri, Theodor |
1902 |
Boveri-Sutton chromosome theory |
Boyle, Robert |
1661 |
Chymistry |
1662 |
Boyle’s law |
Bradley, James |
1729 |
Aberration of light |
Brahe, Tycho |
1572 |
Supernova |
Brahmagupta |
628 |
Zero |
Braid, James |
1852-1854 |
Ideomotor phenomenon |
Brand, Hennig |
1669 |
Phosphorus
(atomic number 15) |
Brande, William Thomas |
1817,1821 |
Lithium
(atomic number 3) |
Brandt, Georg |
1735 |
Cobalt
(atomic number 27) |
Branly, Edouard |
1890 |
Coherer |
Brattain, Walter Houser |
1947 |
Transistor
|
Braun, Karl Ferdinand |
1874,1904 |
Crystal diode |
1905 |
Phased array |
Bridges,
Calvin |
1910 |
Genes |
Broca, Paul |
1861 |
Mapping
speech |
de Broglie,
Louis |
1925 |
Wave-particle
duality |
Brown, Robert |
1831 |
Cell |
1908 |
Brownian motion |
Brownrigg, William |
1750 |
Platinum
(atomic number 78) |
Brugmans, Sebald Justinus |
1778,1845 |
Diamagnetism |
Brunelleschi,
Filippo |
1413-1420 |
Perspective
|
Bunsen, Robert |
1855 |
Bunsen burner |
1859 |
Analytical spectroscopy |
1860,1882 |
Caesium
(atomic number 55) |
1861 |
Rubidium
(atomic number 37) |
Burnet, Frank Macfarlane |
1949 |
Immune tolerance |
Bussy, Antoine |
1828 |
Beryllium
(atomic number 4) |
Bütschli, Otto |
1878 |
Mitosis |
Cai Lun |
105 |
Paper |
y
Cajal, Santiago Ramón |
1889 |
Nervous
system |
Camerarius,
Rudolf Jakob |
1694 |
Plant
sexuality |
Calmette, Albert |
1895 |
Antivenom |
1921 |
Tuberculosis vaccine |
Calvin, Melvin |
1946 |
Photosynthesis
|
Carnot,
Nicolas Léonard Sadi |
1847 |
Laws of
thermodynamics |
Carothers,
Wallace |
1935 |
Nylon |
Carpenter, William Benjamin |
1852-1854 |
Ideomotor phenomenon |
Carré, Ferdinand and Edmond |
1805-1876 |
Vapor-compression refrigeration |
Casimir, Hendrik |
1948 |
Casimir effect |
Cassini,
Giovanni Domenico |
1671 |
Planetary
distances |
Cavendish, Henry |
1781 |
Electric conductivity |
1784 |
Hydrogen and water
(atomic number 1) |
1784,1903 |
Birkeland–Eyde process |
1798 |
‘Weighing’ the world |
Celsius,
Anders |
1742 |
Centigrade
scale |
Chadwick,
James |
1932 |
Neutron |
Champollion,
Jean François |
1822 |
Deciphering
hieroglyphics |
Chandrasekhar,
Subrahmanyan |
1931 |
White
dwarfs |
Chang, Min
Chueh |
1944-1960
|
The pill |
Chelnokov, L. P. |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
Chevreul, Michel Eugène |
1852-1854 |
Ideomotor phenomenon |
Chinese, Han dynasty |
206 BCE |
Compass |
200 |
Woodblock printing |
Chinese, Tang dynasty |
9th century |
Gunpowder |
10th century |
Rocket |
Choppin, Gregory R. |
1955 |
Mendelevium
(atomic number 101) |
Christie, Samuel Hunter |
1833,1843 |
Wheatstone bridge |
Christin, Jean-Pierre |
1742 |
Centigrade scale |
Claus, Karl Ernst |
1844 |
Ruthenium
(atomic number 44) |
Clausius, Rudolf |
1847 |
Laws of thermodynamics |
Cleve, Per Teodor |
1868-1895 |
Helium
(atomic number 2) |
1878-1879 |
Holmium
(atomic number 67) |
1879 |
Thulium
(atomic number 69) |
Coandă, Henri |
1934 |
Coandă effect |
Cohen, Stanley |
1952 |
Nerve growth |
Colton, Frank B. |
1944-1960 |
The pill |
Compton, Arthur Holly |
1923 |
Compton scattering |
Cooke, William Fothergill |
1838 |
Electrical telegraph |
Corson, Dale R. |
1940 |
Astatine
(atomic number 85) |
Coryell, Charles D. |
1945 |
Promethium
(atomic number 61) |
Coster, Dirk |
1923 |
Hafnium
(atomic number 72) |
Copernicus,
Nicolaus |
1543 |
Heliocentrism
|
de
Coriolis, Gaspard-Gustave |
1835 |
Coriolis
effect |
Cotton, Aimé |
1845-1913 |
Magneto-optic and electro-optic effects |
de
Coulomb, Charles-Augustin |
1785 |
Coulomb’s
law |
Courtois, Bernard |
1811 |
Iodine
(atomic number 53) |
Courtenay-Latimer,
Marjorie |
1938 |
Coelacanth
|
Cowan, Clyde |
1956 |
Neutrino |
Cranston, John Arnold |
1913-1918 |
Protactinium
(atomic number 91) |
Crawford, Adair |
1790,1808 |
Strontium
(atomic number 38) |
Crick, Francis |
1953 |
DNA
structure |
Christin,
Jean-Pierre |
1742 |
Centigrade
scale |
Cronstedt, Axel Fredrik |
1751 |
Nickel
(atomic number 28) |
Crookes, William |
1861-1862 |
Thallium
(atomic number 81) |
1869-1875 |
Crookes tube |
1873 |
Crookes radiometer |
Cruikshank, William |
1790,1808 |
Strontium
(atomic number 38) |
Curie, Jacques |
1880,1881 |
Piezoelectricity |
Curie, Marie |
1896 |
Radioactivity
|
Curie, Pierre |
1880,1881 |
Piezoelectricity |
1896 |
Radioactivity |
1898 |
Polonium
(atomic number 84) |
1898 |
Radium
(atomic number 88) |
1899-1910 |
Radon
(atomic number 86) |
Cuvier,
Georges |
1796 |
Comparative
anatomy |
Dale,
Henry Hallett |
1914 |
Neurotransmitters
|
Dalton, John |
1808 |
Atomic
theory |
Dart, Raymond |
1925 |
Tuang
child |
Dalgarno, George |
1647-1678 |
Philosophical language: Ars signorum |
Darwin,
Charles |
1859 |
Origin of
species |
Davaine, Casimir |
1876 |
Bacillus anthracis |
Davy, Humphry |
1802-1879 |
Incandescent light |
1807 |
Potassium
(atomic number 19) |
1807 |
Sodium
(atomic number 11) |
1808 |
Calcium
(atomic number 20) |
1808 |
Boron
(atomic number 5) |
1808 |
Barium
(atomic number 56) |
1808 |
Magnesium
(atomic number 12) |
1808 |
Strontium
(atomic number 38) |
1810 |
Chlorine
(atomic number 17) |
1810 |
Fluorine
(atomic number 9) |
1811 |
Iodine
(atomic number 53) |
1821 |
Electric conductivity |
1823 |
Silicon
(atomic number 14) |
Debierne, André-Louis |
1899-1910 |
Radon
(atomic number 86) |
1899,1902 |
Actinium
(atomic number 89) |
Delafontaine, Marc |
1878-1879 |
Holmium
(atomic number 67) |
Delbrück, Max |
1943 |
Bacterial genes |
Delisle,
Joseph-Nicolas |
1732 |
Delisle
scale |
Demarçay, Eugène-Anatole |
1890-1901 |
Europium
(atomic number 63) |
Dement,
William C. |
1953 |
Rapid-eye-movement
sleep |
Demin, A. G. |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
Desaga, Peter |
1855 |
Bunsen burner |
Descartes,
René |
1637 |
Cartesian
coordinates |
Deville, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire |
1801 |
Niobium
(atomic number 41) |
Diesel, Rudolf |
1893 |
Diesel
engine |
Dioscorides,
Pedanius |
70
AD |
Traditional
medicine |
Dirac, Paul |
1928 |
Dirac equation |
1932 |
Antimatter
|
Djerassi, Carl |
1944-1960
|
The pill |
Dobzhansky,
Theodosius |
1918 |
Neo-Darwinism
|
Domagk, Gerhard |
1908,1935 |
Sulfanilamide |
Donets, E. D. |
1958 |
Nobelium
(atomic number 102) |
Doppler,
Christian |
1842 |
Doppler
effect |
Dorn, Friedrich Ernst |
1899-1910 |
Radon
(atomic number 86) |
Drebbel, Cornelis |
1590-1608 |
Microscope and telescope |
1620 |
Submarine |
Druin, V. A. |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
Dubois,
Eugène |
1891 |
Java man |
Dumortier, Barthélemy Charles Joseph |
1839 |
Cell theory |
Dunwoody, Henry Harrison Chase |
1874,1904 |
Crystal diode |
Dyson, Freeman |
1948 |
Quantum
electrodynamics |
Eddington,
Arthur |
1920 |
Stellar
evolution |
Edison, Thomas |
1802-1879 |
Incandescent light |
1873,1880 |
Thermionic emission |
1876 |
Industrial research laboratory |
1888-1926 |
Cinematography |
Edson, Marcellus Gilmore |
1884 |
Peanut butter |
Ehrlich, Paul |
1910 |
Chemotherapy
|
Eichengrün,
Arthur |
1897 |
Aspirin |
Einstein,
Albert |
1900 |
Quanta |
1905 |
Special relativity |
1908 |
Brownian motion |
1915 |
General relativity |
1917-1960 |
Stimulated emission |
1925 |
Bose-Einstein condensate |
Ekeberg, Anders Gustaf |
1802 |
Tantalum
(atomic number 73) |
Elhuyar, Juan José |
1781,1783 |
Tungsten
(atomic number 74) |
Elhuyar, Fausto |
1781,1783 |
Tungsten
(atomic number 74) |
Elsasser, Walter M. |
1946 |
Dynamo theory |
Enders, John Franklin |
1955 |
Polio vaccine |
Eratosthenes |
240
BCE |
Geodesy |
Ermakov, V. A. |
1958 |
Nobelium
(atomic number 102) |
Eskola, Kari |
1969 |
Rutherfordium
(atomic number 104) |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
Eskola, Pirkko |
1969 |
Rutherfordium
(atomic number 104) |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
Esmark, Morten Thrane |
1829 |
Thorium
(atomic number 90) |
Euclid |
300 BCE |
Geometry |
Euler, Leonhard |
1736 |
Graph theory |
1736-1895 |
Topology |
1758 |
Euler characteristic |
Evans, Oliver |
1805-1876 |
Vapor-compression refrigeration |
Eyde, Sam |
1784,1903 |
Birkeland–Eyde process |
Fahrenheit,
Daniel Gabriel |
1724 |
Fahrenheit
scale |
Fajans, Kazimierz |
1913 |
Radioactive displacement law |
Faraday, Michael |
1820 |
Electromagnetism |
1823 |
Liquefaction of gases |
1825 |
Benzene |
1831 |
Faraday’s law of induction |
1831 |
Electric generator |
1831 |
Faraday wave |
1834 |
Laws of electrolysis |
1834 |
Ion |
1834 |
Faraday efficiency |
1836 |
Faraday cage |
1845 |
Diamagnetism |
1845-1913 |
Magneto-optic and electro-optic effects |
1852-1854 |
Ideomotor phenomenon |
Fefilov, B. V. |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
de Fermat, Pierre |
1654 |
Probability theory |
1662 |
Fermat’s principle |
Fermi, Enrico |
1942 |
Nuclear energy |
Fessenden, Reginald |
1901 |
Heterodyne |
1902 |
Hot wire barretter |
1903 |
Electrolytic detector |
1906 |
AM broadcasting |
Feynman,
Richard |
1948 |
Quantum
electrodynamics |
Fibonacci
(Leonardo Pisano Bigollo) |
1202 |
Number
system |
Fischer,
Herman Emil |
1894 |
Enzyme
specificity |
Fisher, Ronald |
1918 |
Neo-Darwinism
|
FitzGerald, George Francis |
1889 |
Length contraction |
Fleming, Alexander |
1928 |
Penicillin
|
Fleming, John Ambrose |
1904 |
Fleming valve |
Flemming, Walther |
1878 |
Mitosis |
Flyorov, Georgy |
1961-1971 |
Lawrencium
(atomic number 103) |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
Folger, H. |
1984 |
Hassium
(atomic number 108) |
1994 |
Darmstadtium
(atomic number 110) |
1994 |
Roentgenium
(atomic number 111) |
1996 |
Copernicium
(atomic number 112) |
de Forest, Lee |
1906-1912 |
Triode |
Foucault,
Léon |
1851 |
Foucault’s
pendulum |
della
Francesca, Piero |
1413-1420 |
Perspective
|
Franklin,
Benjamin |
1747 |
Electric
charge |
von
Fraunhofer, Joseph |
1814 |
Spectral
lines |
Fresnel, Augustin-Jean |
1678,1816 |
Huygens–Fresnel principle |
1819 |
Wave optics |
von Frisch,
Karl |
1935 |
Instincts |
1945 |
Dancing bees |
Frisch,
Otto Robert |
1942 |
Nuclear
energy |
Freud, Sigmund |
1895 |
Libido |
Gabor, Dennis |
1947 |
Holography
|
Gadolin, Johan |
1794-1843 |
Yttrium
(atomic number 39) |
Gahn, Johan Gottlieb |
1770-1774 |
Manganese
(atomic number 25) |
1817 |
Selenium
(atomic number 34) |
Galambos,
Robert |
1940 |
Bat
echolocation |
Galen |
180 |
Medical
research |
Galilei,
Galileo |
1610 |
Observational
astronomy |
1638 |
Kinematics |
Galilei, Vincenzo |
1637 |
Mersenne’s laws |
Galle,
Johann Gottfried |
1846 |
Discovery
of Neptune |
Galton,
Francis |
1889 |
Measuring
individuals |
Galvani, Luigi |
1791,1820 |
Galvanometer |
Garrod,
Archibald |
1909 |
Inborn
errors of metabolism |
Gascoigne, William |
1638 |
Micrometer |
Gauss, Carl Friedrich |
1801 |
Discovery of an asteroid |
1833 |
Electrical telegraph |
Gavrilov, K. A. |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis |
1808 |
Boron
(atomic number 5) |
1811 |
Iodine
(atomic number 53) |
1823 |
Silicon
(atomic number 14) |
Geiger, Hans |
1935 |
Geiger counter |
Geißler, Heinrich |
1857 |
Geissler tube |
Gelmo, Paul |
1908,1935 |
Sulfanilamide |
Gessner,
Conrad |
1565 |
Fossils |
Geoffroy, Claude François |
1753 |
Bismuth
(atomic number 83) |
Ghiorso, Albert |
1944 |
Curium
(atomic number 96) |
1944 |
Americium
(atomic number 95) |
1949 |
Berkelium
(atomic number 97) |
1950 |
Californium
(atomic number 98) |
1952 |
Einsteinium
(atomic number 99) |
1952 |
Fermium
(atomic number 100) |
1952 |
Mendelevium
(atomic number 101) |
1958 |
Nobelium
(atomic number 102) |
1961-1971 |
Lawrencium
(atomic number 103) |
1969 |
Rutherfordium
(atomic number 104) |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
1974 |
Seaborgium
(atomic number 106) |
Gibbs, Josiah Willard |
1873 |
Gibbs free energy |
1876 |
Chemical potential |
Gilbert,
William |
1600 |
Magnetism |
Giesel, Friedrich Oskar |
1899,1902 |
Actinium
(atomic number 89) |
Glendenin, Lawrence E. |
1945 |
Promethium
(atomic number 61) |
Gmelin, Leopold |
1825,1826 |
Bromine
(atomic number 35) |
Goldschmidt, Victor |
1937 |
Goldschmidt classification |
Gödel,
Kurt |
1931 |
Incompleteness
theorems |
Göhring, Oswald Helmuth |
1913-1918 |
Protactinium
(atomic number 91) |
Golgi, Camillo |
1889 |
Nervous
system |
Gordon,
James P. |
1917-1960 |
Stimulated
emission |
Gorrie, John |
1805-1876 |
Vapor-compression refrigeration |
Gram, Hans Christian |
1884 |
Gram staining |
Gregor, William |
1791-1910 |
Titanium
(atomic number 22) |
Gregory, James |
1668,1669 |
Fundamental theorem of calculus |
Grew, Nehemiah |
1670,1886 |
Palynology |
1684 |
Fingerprint |
Griffin,
Donald |
1940 |
Bat
echolocation |
Guérin, Camille |
1921 |
Tuberculosis vaccine |
Gutenberg, Johannes |
1455 |
Movable-type printing |
Guthrie, Frederick |
1873,1880 |
Thermionic emission |
Haber, Fritz |
1909 |
Synthesis
of ammonia |
Hadley, George |
1735 |
Trade
winds |
Hahn, Otto |
1913-1918 |
Protactinium
(atomic number 91) |
1942 |
Nuclear fission |
Haldane, J.
B. S. |
1918 |
Neo-Darwinism
|
Hall,
James |
1797 |
Catastrophist
geology |
Halley, Edmond |
1705 |
Halley’s
comet |
Hankin, Ernest Hanbury |
1896 |
Preventing cholera |
Harris, James Andrew |
1969 |
Rutherfordium
(atomic number 104) |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
Harrison, James |
1805-1876 |
Vapor-compression refrigeration |
Harvey, Bernard G. |
1955 |
Mendelevium
(atomic number 101) |
Harvey,
William |
1628 |
Circulation
of the blood |
Hatchett, Charles |
1801 |
Niobium
(atomic number 41) |
Heisenberg, Werner |
1925 |
Wave-particle duality |
1927 |
Uncertainty principle |
Hellriegel,
Hermann |
1888 |
Nitrogen
fixation |
d’Herelle, Félix |
1915,1917 |
Bacteriophage |
Hermann, Karl Samuel Leberecht |
1817 |
Cadmium
(atomic number 48) |
Herschel,
William |
1781 |
Discovery
of Uranus |
Hero of
Alexandria (Heron) |
70 |
Windmill |
Hertz, Heinrich |
1896 |
Radio |
1904 |
Telemobiloscope |
Hertzsprung,
Ejnar |
1920 |
Stellar
evolution |
Hess,
Victor Francis |
1911 |
Cosmic
rays |
Heßberger, Fritz Peter |
1981 |
Bohrium
(atomic number 107) |
1982 |
Meitnerium
(atomic number 109) |
1984 |
Hassium
(atomic number 108) |
1994 |
Darmstadtium
(atomic number 110) |
1994 |
Roentgenium
(atomic number 111) |
1996 |
Copernicium
(atomic number 112) |
von Hevesy, Georg |
1913-1918 |
Protactinium
(atomic number 91) |
1942 |
Nuclear fission |
Hingmann, R. |
1984 |
Hassium
(atomic number 108) |
Hipparchus |
134
BCE |
Astronomy
|
Hippocrates |
400 BCE |
Medicine |
Hisinger, Wilhelm |
1803 |
Cerium
(atomic number 58) |
Hittorf, Johann Wilhelm |
1869 |
Cathode ray |
Hjelm, Peter Jacob |
1778,1781 |
Molybdenum
(atomic number 42) |
Hodgkin,
Alan Lloyd |
1952 |
Nerve
impulses |
Hoffmann,
Felix |
1897 |
Aspirin |
Hofmann, Sigurd |
1981 |
Bohrium
(atomic number 107) |
1982 |
Meitnerium
(atomic number 109) |
1984 |
Hassium
(atomic number 108) |
1994 |
Darmstadtium
(atomic number 110) |
1994 |
Roentgenium
(atomic number 111) |
1996 |
Copernicium
(atomic number 112) |
Hogg, John |
1860 |
Protist |
Hope, Thomas Charles |
1790,1808 |
Strontium
(atomic number 38) |
Hooke, Robert |
1665 |
Cell |
1673 |
Microorganisms |
1682 |
Memory |
Hopkins,
Frederick Gowland |
1906 |
Vitamins |
Horrocks,
Jeremiah |
1639 |
Transit of
Venus |
Hubble, Edwin |
1918 |
The universe |
1929 |
Expanding universe |
Hulet, E. Kenneth |
1974 |
Seaborgium
(atomic number 106) |
Hülsmeyer, Christian |
1904 |
Telemobiloscope |
von
Humboldt, Alexander |
1799 |
Humboldt’s
voyage |
Hunter,
John |
1796 |
Comparative
anatomy |
Hunter, Matthew |
1791-1910 |
Titanium
(atomic number 22) |
Hutton, James |
1785 |
Earth
cycles |
1797 |
Catastrophist geology |
Huxley, Andrew |
1952 |
Nerve
impulses |
Huxley, Thomas Henry |
1846-1868 |
Protoplasm |
1860 |
Archaeopteryx |
Huygens, Christiaan |
1656 |
Rings of Saturn |
1657 |
Pendulum clock |
1678,1816 |
Huygens–Fresnel principle |
1817 |
Kater’s pendulum |
Hyder Ali |
1780 |
Mysorean rockets |
Ikeda, Kikunae |
1908 |
Umami |
James, Charles |
1907 |
Lutetium
(atomic number 71) |
James, Ralph A. |
1944 |
Curium
(atomic number 96) |
1944 |
Americium
(atomic number 95) |
Janssen, Pierre |
1868-1895 |
Helium
(atomic number 2) |
Janssen, Zacharias |
1590-1608 |
Microscope and telescope |
Jenner, Edward |
1796 |
Vaccination
|
Joliot-Curie,
Frédéric |
1935 |
Induced
radioactivity |
Joliot-Curie,
Irène |
1935 |
Induced
radioactivity |
Joule, James Prescott |
1842 |
Magnetostriction |
1847 |
Laws of thermodynamics
|
Kapitsa, Pyotr |
1937 |
Superfluidity |
Kater, Henry |
1817
|
Kater’s
pendulum |
Kekulé,
August |
1865 |
Benzene
ring |
Keller, J. |
1984 |
Hassium
(atomic number 108) |
Kelvin,
William Thomson Lord |
1848 |
Kelvin
scale |
Kennedy, Joseph W. |
1940 |
Plutonium
(atomic number 94) |
Kepler,
Johannes |
1609 |
Planetary
orbits |
Kerr, John |
1845-1913 |
Magneto-optic and electro-optic effects |
Kharitonov, Yu. P. |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
Kidston, Robert |
1670,1886 |
Palynology |
Kirchhoff, Gustav |
1859 |
Analytical spectroscopy |
1860,1882 |
Caesium
(atomic number 55) |
1861 |
Rubidium
(atomic number 37) |
Kitaibel, Pál |
1782 |
Tellurium
(atomic number 52) |
Kitasato,
Shibasaburō |
1890 |
Antitoxins
|
Klaproth, Martin Heinrich |
1782 |
Tellurium
(atomic number 52) |
1789,1824 |
Zirconium
(atomic number 40) |
1789,1841 |
Uranium
(atomic number 92) |
1791-1910 |
Titanium
(atomic number 22) |
1803 |
Cerium
(atomic number 58) |
von
Kleist, Ewald Georg |
1745-1746 |
Leyden jar
|
Kleitman,
Nathaniel |
1953 |
Rapid-eye-movement
sleep |
von Kobell, Wolfgang Franz |
1801 |
Niobium
(atomic number 41) |
Koch, Robert |
1854,1884 |
Vibrio cholerae |
1876 |
Bacillus anthracis
|
1882 |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
Kolesov, I. V. |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
Krebs, Hans
Adolf |
1937 |
Citric-acid
cycle |
Lamarck,
Jean-Baptiste |
1809 |
Acquired
characteristics |
Lambert,
Johann Heinrich |
1768 |
Pi |
Lamy, Claude-Auguste |
1861-1862 |
Thallium
(atomic number 81) |
Landsteiner,
Karl |
1901 |
Blood
groups |
Langlet, Nils Abraham |
1868-1895 |
Helium
(atomic number 2) |
Langmuir, Irving |
1906-1912 |
Triode |
Laplace,
Pierre-Simon |
1796 |
Origin of
our solar system |
Larsh, Almon |
1961-1971 |
Lawrencium
(atomic number 103) |
Lartet,
Édouard |
1834 |
Cro-Magnons
|
Lartet, Louis |
1834 |
Cro-Magnons
|
Latimer, Robert M. |
1961-1971 |
Lawrencium
(atomic number 103) |
Laveran,
Charles Louis Alphonse |
1897 |
Malarial
parasite |
Lavoisier, Antoine |
1774 |
Combustion
(atomic number 8) |
1774 |
Conservation of mass |
1787 |
Chemical nomenclature |
1823 |
Silicon
(atomic number 14) |
Leavitt,
Henrietta Swan |
1918 |
The
universe |
Lee, Tsung-Dao |
1956 |
Parity
violation |
van
Leeuwenhock, Antonie |
1673 |
Microorganisms |
1719 |
Cell |
Lehmann, Inge |
1936 |
Inner core |
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm |
1647-1678 |
Philosophical language: Lingua generalis |
1679 |
Binary number |
1684 |
Calculus |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices: Stepped Reckoner |
Lemaître,
Georges |
1929 |
Expanding
universe |
Le Prince,
Louis |
1888-1927
|
Cinematography
|
Levi-Montalcini,
Rita |
1952 |
Nerve
growth |
Lewis, Gilbert N. |
1916 |
Chemical bond |
Lhuilier, Antoine-Jean |
1736-1895 |
Topology |
Liang Lingzan |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices |
Libby, Willard |
1947 |
Radiocarbon
dating |
von Linde, Carl |
1805-1876 |
Vapor-compression refrigeration |
von
Lindemann, Ferdinand |
1768 |
Pi |
Linnaeus, Carl |
1735 |
Naming
species |
Lippershey, Hans |
1590-1608 |
Microscope and telescope |
Lippmann, Gabriel |
1880,1881 |
Piezoelectricity |
Lister, Joseph |
1865 |
Antiseptic surgery |
Listing, Johann Benedict |
1736-1895 |
Topology |
Lobachevsky,
Nicolai |
1829 |
Non-Euclidean
geometry |
Lobanov, Yu. V. |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
Lockyer, Norman |
1868-1895 |
Helium
(atomic number 2) |
Lodwick, Francis |
1647-1678 |
Philosophical language: Common Writing |
Loewi, Otto |
1914 |
Neurotransmitters
|
Lorentz, Hendrik |
1904 |
Lorentz transformations |
Lorenz, Konrad |
1935 |
Instincts
|
Lo Surdo, Antonino |
1845-1913 |
Magneto-optic and electro-optic effects |
Lougheed, Ronald W. |
1974 |
Seaborgium
(atomic number 106) |
Lovelace, Ada |
1822 |
The
first computer program |
Löwig, Carl Jacob |
1825,1826 |
Bromine
(atomic number 35) |
Lu Ban |
5th century BCE |
Kite |
Lumière,
Auguste and Louis |
1888-1927
|
Cinematography
|
Luria,
Salvador |
1943 |
Bacterial
genes |
Lyell, Charles |
1830 |
Principles
of geology |
MacKenzie, Kenneth Ross |
1940 |
Astatine
(atomic number 85) |
Magnus, Heinrich Gustav |
1672,1742,1852 |
Magnus effect |
Maiman,
Theodore Harold |
1917-1960 |
Stimulated
emission |
Majorana,
Ettore |
1935 |
Majorana
fermion |
Malthus,
Thomas Robert |
1798 |
Population
pressure |
Manson, Patrick |
1897 |
Malarial parasite |
Marangoni, Carlo |
1855,1865 |
Marangoni effect |
Marconi, Guglielmo |
1896 |
Radio |
1896,1902 |
Magnetic detector |
Marggraf, Andreas Sigismund |
1764 |
Fluorine
(atomic number 9) |
de Marignac, Jean Charles Galissard |
1801 |
Niobium
(atomic number 41) |
1878,1907 |
Ytterbium
(atomic number 70) |
1880 |
Gadolinium
(atomic number 64) |
Marker, Russell Earl |
1944-1960
|
The pill |
Marten, Benjamin |
1882 |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
Matuyama,
Motonori |
1929 |
Geomagnetic
reversals |
Maudslay, Henry |
1638 |
Micrometer |
Maxwell,
James Clerk |
1656 |
Rings of
Saturn |
1864 |
Maxwell’s equations |
McClintock,
Barbara |
1951 |
Jumping
genes |
McCormick,
Katharine |
1944-1960
|
The pill |
McCulloch,
Warren Sturgis |
1943 |
Neural
networks |
McMillan, Edwin |
1940 |
Neptunium
(atomic number 93) |
1940 |
Plutonium
(atomic number 94) |
Medawar, Peter |
1949 |
Immune
tolerance |
Meissner, Walther |
1933 |
Meissner effect |
Meitner, Lise |
1913-1918 |
Protactinium
(atomic number 91) |
1942 |
Nuclear fission |
Mendel,
Gregor Johann |
1865 |
Laws of
inheritance |
Mendeleev,
Dmitri |
1869 |
Periodic
table |
1875 |
Gallium
(atomic number 31) |
1879 |
Scandium
(atomic number 21) |
1886 |
Germanium
(atomic number 32) |
Mercator,
Gerardus |
1569 |
Mercator
projection |
Mersenne, Marin |
1637 |
Mersenne’s laws |
Metchnikoff,
Élie |
1882 |
Cellular
immunity |
Metius, Jacob |
1590-1608 |
Microscope and telescope |
Michell, John |
1798 |
‘Weighing’
the world |
Michelson, Albert A. |
1887 |
Michelson-Morley experiment |
Mikheev, V. L. |
1961-1971 |
Lawrencium
(atomic number 103) |
Milanković,
Milutin |
1914 |
Climate
cycles |
Miller, Stanley |
1953 |
Abiogenesis
|
Minard, Charles Joseph |
1644-1869 |
Infographics
|
Miramontes, Luis E. |
1944-1960
|
The pill |
Misener, Don |
1937 |
Superfluidity |
Möbius, August Ferdinand |
1736-1895 |
Topology |
von Mohl, Hugo |
1839 |
Cell theory |
1846 |
Protoplasm |
Mohorovičić,
Andrija |
1906 |
Earth
interior |
Mohs, Friedrich |
1812 |
Mohs scale |
Moissan, Henri |
1886 |
Fluorine
(atomic number 9) |
Morgan, Leon O. |
1944 |
Americium
(atomic number 95) |
Morgan,
Thomas Hunt |
1910 |
Genes |
Morgenstern,
Oskar |
1944 |
Game theory
|
Morland, Samuel |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices |
Morley, Edward W. |
1887 |
Michelson-Morley experiment |
Morse, Samuel |
1816 |
Electrical telegraph |
Mosander, Carl Gustaf |
1794-1843 |
Yttrium
(atomic number 39) |
1839 |
Cerium
(atomic number 58) |
1839 |
Lanthanum
(atomic number 57) |
1843 |
Terbium
(atomic number 65) |
1843 |
Erbium
(atomic number 68) |
Moseley, Henry |
1913 |
Atomic battery |
Mössbauer, Rudolf |
1958 |
Mössbauer effect |
Mouton, Henri |
1845-1913 |
Magneto-optic and electro-optic effects |
Mozi |
5th century BCE |
Kite |
Müller, Fritz |
1878 |
Müllerian mimicry |
Müller, Gerhard Friedrich |
1743 |
Ethnography |
Muller,
Hermann Joseph |
1910 |
Genes |
Müller,
Paul Hermann |
1939 |
DDT |
Müller,
Walther |
1935 |
Geiger
counter |
Münzenberg, Gottfried |
1981 |
Bohrium
(atomic number 107) |
1982 |
Meitnerium
(atomic number 109) |
1984 |
Hassium
(atomic number 108) |
1994 |
Darmstadtium
(atomic number 110) |
1994 |
Roentgenium
(atomic number 111) |
van
Musschenbroek, Pieter |
1745-1746 |
Leyden jar
|
Nagarjuna |
1669 |
Zinc
(atomic number 30) |
Napier, John |
1614 |
Logarithms |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices |
1617 |
Binary number |
von
Neumann, John |
1944 |
Game theory |
1946 |
Computer |
Newton, Isaac |
1666 |
Theory of color |
1671 |
Calculus |
1672,1742,1852 |
Magnus effect |
1687 |
Principia Mathematica |
1701 |
Newton scale |
Nightingale, Florence |
1644-1869 |
Infographics |
Nilson, Lars Fredrik |
1879 |
Scandium
(atomic number 21) |
Ninov, Victor |
1994 |
Darmstadtium
(atomic number 110) |
1994 |
Roentgenium
(atomic number 111) |
1996 |
Copernicium
(atomic number 112) |
Nitschke, Joachim Michael |
1974 |
Seaborgium
(atomic number 106) |
Nobel, Alfred |
1867 |
Dynamite |
Noddack, Walter |
1908,1925 |
Rhenium
(atomic number 75) |
Nurmia, Matti |
1969 |
Rutherfordium
(atomic number 104) |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
1974 |
Seaborgium
(atomic number 106) |
Ochsenfeld, Robert |
1933 |
Meissner effect |
Odhner, Willgodt Theophil |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices |
Ogawa, Masataka |
1908,1925 |
Rhenium
(atomic number 75) |
Ohm, Georg |
1827 |
Ohm’s
law |
Oldham,
Richard Dixon |
1906 |
Earth
interior |
Onnes,
Heike Kamerlingh |
1911 |
Superconductivity
|
Oort, Jan |
1950 |
Oort cloud
|
Ørsted, Hans Christian |
1791,1820 |
Galvanometer |
1820 |
Electromagnetism |
1821,1834 |
Thermoelectric effect |
1825,1827 |
Aluminium
(atomic number 13) |
Otto, F. J. |
1846 |
Guncotton |
Oughtred, William |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices |
Owen, Richard |
1842 |
Dinosaur |
1860 |
Archaeopteryx |
Owens, Robert Bowie |
1899-1910 |
Radon
(atomic number 86) |
Pacini, Filippo |
1854,1884 |
Vibrio cholerae |
Palmieri, Luigi |
1868-1895 |
Helium
(atomic number 2) |
Pander, Heinz Christian |
1817 |
Germ layers |
Paracelsus |
1526 |
Bismuth
(atomic number 83),
Zinc
(atomic number 30) |
1538 |
Toxicology |
Parkes, Alexander |
1862 |
Celluloid |
Parson, Alfred Lauck |
1915 |
Parson magneton |
Parsons,
William |
1845 |
Spiral
galaxies |
Pascal, Blaise |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices |
1643 |
Atmospheric pressure |
1654 |
Probability theory |
Paschen, Friedrich |
1889 |
Paschen’s law |
Pasteur, Louis |
1878 |
Germ theory |
1880-1881 |
Anthrax vaccine |
1881 |
Streptococcus pneumoniae |
1885 |
Rabies vaccine |
Pauli, Wolfgang |
1956 |
Neutrino |
Pauling, Linus |
1949 |
Sickle-cell disease |
Pavlov, Ivan |
1904 |
Conditioned reflexes |
Peckham, George and Elizabeth |
1889 |
Aggressive mimicry |
Peierls,
Rudolf |
1942 |
Nuclear
energy |
Péligot, Eugène-Melchoir |
1789,1841 |
Uranium
(atomic number 92) |
Peltier, Jean Charles Athanase |
1834 |
Peltier effect |
Perey, Marguerite |
1939 |
Francium
(atomic number 87) |
Perkin,
William Henry |
1856 |
Mauve |
Perkins, Jacob |
1805-1876 |
Vapor-compression refrigeration |
Perrier, Carlo |
1937 |
Technetium
(atomic number 43) |
Perrin, Jean Baptiste |
1811,1909 |
Avogadro constant |
1908 |
Brownian motion |
Piaget, Jean |
1924 |
Child
development |
Piazzi,
Giuseppe |
1801 |
Discovery
of an asteroid |
Picard, Jean |
1671 |
Surveying
the earth |
Pickard, Greenleaf Whittier |
1874,1904 |
Crystal diode |
Pincus,
Gregory |
1944-1960
|
The pill |
Pirro, Jean |
1839-1887 |
International auxiliary language: Universalglot |
Pitts, Walter |
1943 |
Neural
networks |
Planck, Max |
1900 |
Planck constant |
1900 |
Quanta |
Playfair,
William |
1644-1869 |
Infographics
|
Poggendorff, Johann Christian |
1841 |
Potentiometer |
Poincaré, Henri |
1736-1895 |
Topology |
1903 |
Chaos theory |
1904 |
Lorentz transformations |
Polder, Dirk |
1948 |
Casimir effect |
Poleni, Giovanni |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices |
Pollak, Karol |
1896 |
Diode bridge |
Pollender, Aloys |
1876 |
Bacillus anthracis |
Poppensieker, Klaus |
1982 |
Meitnerium
(atomic number 109) |
1984 |
Hassium
(atomic number 108) |
Power, Henry |
1662 |
Boyle’s
law |
Prandtl, Ludwig |
1904 |
Boundary layer |
Priestley, Joseph |
1774 |
Combustion
(Oxygen - atomic number 8) |
de Prony,
Gaspard |
1817
|
Kater’s
pendulum |
Prout, William |
1815 |
Prout’s hypothesis |
Ptolemy, Claudius |
140 |
Geocentrism
|
Punnett, Reginald |
1904 |
Genetic linkage |
Purkyně, Jan Evangelista |
1846-1868 |
Protoplasm |
Pythagoras |
495 BCE |
Proof of the Pythagorean theorem |
1637 |
Mersenne’s laws |
Qvist, Bengt Andersson |
1778,1781 |
Molybdenum
(atomic number 42) |
Ramsay, William |
1868-1895 |
Helium
(atomic number 2) |
1894 |
Argon
(atomic number 18) |
1898 |
Krypton
(atomic number 36) |
1898 |
Neon
(atomic number 10) |
1898 |
Xenon
(atomic number 54) |
1899-1910 |
Radon
(atomic number 86) |
Rayer, Pierre François Olive |
1876 |
Bacillus anthracis |
Rayleigh, John William Strutt, Lord |
1894 |
Argon
(atomic number 18) |
de
Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault |
1730 |
Réaumur
scale |
Redi,
Francesco |
1668 |
Parasites |
Reich, Ferdinand |
1863 |
Indium
(atomic number 49) |
von Reichenstein, Franz-Joseph Müller |
1782 |
Tellurium
(atomic number 52) |
Reines,
Frederick |
1956 |
Neutrino |
Willibrord Reisdorf |
1981 |
Bohrium
(atomic number 107) |
1982 |
Meitnerium
(atomic number 109) |
1984 |
Hassium
(atomic number 108) |
Reynolds, Osborne |
1851 |
Reynolds number |
Remak, Robert |
1839 |
Cell theory |
Richer, Jean |
1671 |
Gravimetry
|
Richter, Hieronymous Theodor |
1863 |
Indium
(atomic number 49) |
Riemann,
Bernhard |
1829 |
Non-Euclidean
geometry |
del Río, Andrés Manuel |
1803 |
Vanadium
(atomic number 23) |
Robbins, Frederick Chapman |
1955 |
Polio vaccine |
Robins, Benjamin |
1672,1742,1852 |
Magnus effect |
Rock, John |
1944-1960
|
The pill |
Roloff, Johann Christoff Heinrich |
1817 |
Cadmium
(atomic number 48) |
Rømer, Ole |
1676 |
Speed of light |
1701 |
Rømer scale |
Ronalds, Francis |
1816 |
Electrical telegraph |
Röntgen, Wilhelm |
1895 |
X-rays |
Roscoe, Henry Enfield |
1867 |
Vanadium
(atomic number 23) |
Rose, Heinrich |
1801 |
Niobium
(atomic number 41) |
Rosenkranz, George |
1944-1960
|
The pill |
Ross, Ronald |
1897 |
Malarial
parasite |
Roux,
Pierre Paul Émile |
1885 |
Rabies
vaccine |
Russell,
Henry Norris |
1920 |
Stellar
evolution |
Rutherford, Daniel |
1772 |
Nitrogen
(atomic number 7) |
Rutherford,
Ernest |
1896 |
Radioactivity |
1896,1902 |
Magnetic detector |
1913 |
Atom |
1899-1910 |
Radon
(atomic number 86) |
Sabin, Albert |
1955 |
Polio vaccine |
Christoph-Clemens Sahm |
1981 |
Bohrium
(atomic number 107) |
1982 |
Meitnerium
(atomic number 109) |
Salk, Jonas |
1955 |
Polio vaccine |
Santorio,
Santorio |
1614 |
Metabolism
|
Sanger,
Margaret |
1944-1960
|
The pill |
Saunders, Edith Rebecca |
1904 |
Genetic linkage |
Schaaffhausen,
Hermann |
1856 |
Neanderthal man |
Schiaparelli,
Giovanni |
1877 |
Canals on Mars |
Schipfer, Joseph |
1839-1887 |
International auxiliary language: Communicationssprache |
Schleiden, Matthias Jakob |
1839 |
Cell theory |
Scheele,
Carl Wilhelm |
1774 |
Combustion
(Oxygen - atomic number 8) |
1770-1774 |
Manganese
(atomic number 25) |
1774,1808 |
Barium
(atomic number 56) |
1774,1810 |
Chlorine
(atomic number 17) |
1778,1781 |
Molybdenum
(atomic number 42) |
1810 |
Chlorine |
Schleyer, Johann Martin |
1839-1887 |
International auxiliary language: Volapük |
Schmidt,
Johannes |
1922 |
Eel
metamorphosis |
Karl-Heinz Schmidt |
1981 |
Bohrium
(atomic number 107) |
1982 |
Meitnerium
(atomic number 109) |
1984 |
Hassium
(atomic number 108) |
J. R. H. Schneider |
1981 |
Bohrium
(atomic number 107) |
W. F. W. Schneider |
1981 |
Bohrium
(atomic number 107) |
Schött, H. J. |
1984 |
Hassium
(atomic number 108) |
1994 |
Darmstadtium
(atomic number 110) |
1994 |
Roentgenium
(atomic number 111) |
1996 |
Copernicium
(atomic number 112) |
Schrödinger, Erwin |
1925 |
Wave-particle duality |
1926 |
Schrödinger equation |
1930 |
Zitterbewegung |
Schönbein, Christian Friedrich |
1846 |
Guncotton |
Schwabe,
Heinrich |
1843 |
Sunspot
cycle |
Schwann, Theodor |
1839 |
Cell theory |
Schweigger, Johann |
1791,1820 |
Galvanometer |
Schwinger,
Julian |
1948 |
Quantum
electrodynamics |
Seaborg, Glenn T. |
1940 |
Plutonium
(atomic number 94) |
1944 |
Curium
(atomic number 96) |
1944 |
Americium
(atomic number 95) |
1949 |
Berkelium
(atomic number 97) |
1950 |
Californium
(atomic number 98) |
1952 |
Mendelevium
(atomic number 101) |
1958 |
Nobelium
(atomic number 102) |
1974 |
Seaborgium
(atomic number 106) |
Seebeck, Thomas Johann |
1821,1834 |
Thermoelectric effect |
Sefström, Nils Gabriel |
1830 |
Vanadium
(atomic number 23) |
Segrè, Emilio |
1937 |
Technetium
(atomic number 43) |
1940 |
Astatine
(atomic number 85) |
Setterberg, Carl |
1860,1882 |
Caesium
(atomic number 55) |
Shannon,
Claude |
1948 |
Information
theory |
Shapley, Harlow |
1918 |
The universe |
Sharp, Tom |
2018 |
Shɑrpεn |
Shchegolev, V. A. |
1958 |
Nobelium
(atomic number 102) |
1961-1971 |
Lawrencium
(atomic number 103) |
Shockley,
William |
1947 |
Transistor
|
Sikkeland, Torbjørn |
1958 |
Nobelium
(atomic number 102) |
1961-1971 |
Lawrencium
(atomic number 103) |
Skinner, B. F. |
1938 |
Radical
behaviorism |
Skobelev, Nikolai Konstantinovich |
1970 |
Dubnium
(atomic number 105) |
Smith, J. L. B. |
1938 |
Coelacanth
|
Smith,
William |
1815 |
Fossil
sequences |
Snow,
John |
1854 |
Cholera and
the pump |
Sobrero, Ascanio |
1847 |
Nitroglycerin |
Soddy, Frederick |
1896 |
Radioactivity |
1913 |
Radioactive displacement law |
1913-1918 |
Protactinium |
1922 |
Isotope |
Sommerfeld, Arnold |
1851 |
Reynolds number |
Soret, Jacques-Louis |
1878-1879 |
Holmium
(atomic number 67) |
Spallanzani, Lazzaro |
1765 |
Spontaneous generation |
Stark, Johannes |
1845-1913 |
Magneto-optic and electro-optic effects |
Steno, Nicolas |
1669 |
Stratigraphy
|
Sternberg, George Miller |
1881 |
Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Stevens,
Nettie Maria |
1910 |
Genes |
Stokes, George Gabriel |
1851 |
Reynolds number |
Stookey,
S. Donald |
1953 |
CorningWare
|
Størmer, Carl |
1908-1958 |
Van Allen belts |
Strasburger, Eduard |
1878 |
Mitosis |
Strassmann,
Fritz |
1942 |
Nuclear
energy |
Street, Kenneth, Jr. |
1950 |
Californium
(atomic number 98) |
Stromeyer, Friedrich |
1817 |
Cadmium
(atomic number 48) |
Sturtevant,
Alfred Henry |
1910 |
Genes |
Suess, Eduard |
1885 |
Mountain formation |
Sulzer, Friedrich Gabriel |
1790,1808 |
Strontium
(atomic number 38) |
Sutton, Walter |
1902 |
Boveri-Sutton chromosome theory |
Swammerdam,
Jan |
1669 |
Epigenesis
|
Tacke, Ida |
1908,1925 |
Rhenium
(atomic number 75) |
Tait, Peter Guthrie |
1771,1885 |
Knot theory |
Tamm, Igor |
1932 |
Phonon |
Tennant, Smithson |
1750 |
Platinum
(atomic number 78) |
1804 |
Platinum group metals
(atomic numbers 76 and 77) |
Ter-Akopian, G. M. |
1961-1971 |
Lawrencium
(atomic number 103) |
Tesla, Nikola |
1913 |
Tesla turbine |
Thales of Miletus |
546 BCE |
Thales’ theorem |
546 BCE |
Triboelectric effect |
Thénard, Louis Jacques |
1808 |
Boron
(atomic number 5) |
1823 |
Silicon
(atomic number 14) |
Theophrastus |
320
BCE |
Botany |
Thompson,
Benjamin |
1847 |
Laws of
thermodynamics |
Thompson, Stanley Gerald |
1949 |
Berkelium
(atomic number 97) |
1950 |
Californium
(atomic number 98) |
1952 |
Mendelevium
(atomic number 101) |
Thomson, Joseph John |
1897 |
Electron |
Thomson, James |
1855,1865 |
Marangoni effect |
Thomson, Thomas |
1823 |
Silicon
(atomic number 14) |
B. Thuma |
1981 |
Bohrium
(atomic number 107) |
Tinbergen, Nikolaas |
1935 |
Instincts
|
Tipu Sultan |
1780 |
Mysorean rockets |
Tomonaga, Shin'ichirō |
1948 |
Quantum
electrodynamics |
Torricelli, Evangelista |
1643 |
Atmospheric
pressure |
Toussaint, Jean Joseph Henri |
1880-1881 |
Anthrax vaccine |
Towneley, Richard |
1662 |
Boyle’s
law |
Townes, Charles Hard |
1917-1960 |
Stimulated
emission |
Townsend, John Sealy |
1897 |
Townsend discharge |
1935 |
Geiger counter |
Travers, Morris |
1898 |
Krypton
(atomic number 36) |
1898 |
Neon
(atomic number 10) |
1898 |
Xenon
(atomic number 54) |
Trillat, Auguste |
1893 |
Galalith |
Troost, Louis Joseph |
1801 |
Niobium
(atomic number 41) |
Turing, Alan |
1946 |
Computer |
Twining, Alexander |
1805-1876 |
Vapor-compression refrigeration |
Twort, Frederick |
1915,1917 |
Bacteriophage |
Tyndall, John |
1863 |
Greenhouse
effect |
de Ulloa, Antonio |
1750 |
Platinum
(atomic number 78) |
Urbain, Georges |
1878,1907 |
Ytterbium
(atomic number 70) |
1907 |
Lutetium
(atomic number 71) |
Urey, Harold |
1953 |
Abiogenesis
|
Urquhart, Thomas |
1647-1678 |
Philosophical language: Logopandecteision |
Vail, Alfred |
1833 |
Electrical telegraph |
Valasek, Joseph |
1920 |
Ferroelectricity |
Van Allen, James |
1908-1958 |
Van Allen belts |
Vandermonde, Alexandre-Théophile |
1771,1885 |
Knot theory |
Vavilov,
Nikolai Ivanovich |
1923 |
Crop
diversity |
Le
Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph |
1846 |
Discovery
of Neptune |
Vesalius,
Andreas |
1543 |
Human
anatomy |
Villard, Paul Ulrich |
1900 |
Gamma ray |
da Vinci, Leonardo |
1485 |
Parachute |
1699 |
Tribology |
de Villeneuve, Joachim Faiguet |
1839-1887 |
International auxiliary language: Langue nouvelle |
Virchow, Rudolf |
1839 |
Cell theory |
1858 |
Communities of cells |
Volta,
Alessandro |
1799 |
Electric
battery |
Voigt, Woldemar |
1845-1913 |
Magneto-optic and electro-optic effects |
De Vries, Hugo |
1909 |
Mutationism |
van
der Waals, Johannes Diederik |
1873 |
Changes of
state |
Walcott,
Charles Doolittle |
1909 |
Burgess
shale |
Wald, George |
1956 |
Visual
phototransduction |
von Waldeyer-Hartz, Wilhelm |
1878 |
Mitosis |
Wallace, Alfred Russel |
1890 |
Aposematism |
Wallis, John |
1656 |
Infinite
and infinitesimal |
Watson, James |
1953 |
DNA
structure |
Watt, James |
1765 |
Steam
engine |
Weber, Wilhelm Eduard |
1833 |
Electrical telegraph |
Wegener,
Alfred Lothar |
1912 |
Continental
drift |
Wenham,
Francis Herbert |
1871 |
Wind tunnel
|
Weiss, Pierre |
1907 |
Magnetic domain |
1911 |
Weiss magneton |
von
Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich |
1920 |
Stellar
evolution |
Weller, Thomas Huckle |
1955 |
Polio vaccine |
Wheatstone, Charles |
1833,1843 |
Wheatstone bridge |
1838 |
Electrical telegraph |
Whewell,
William |
1833 |
“Scientist”
|
Wilcke, Johan Carl |
1757 |
Triboelectric series |
Wilkins, John |
1647-1678 |
Philosophical language: Real Character |
1668 |
Metric system |
Wilkins,
John |
1668 |
Metric
system |
Wollaston,
William Hyde |
1804 |
Platinum
group metals |
Wöhler,
Friedrich |
1828 |
Synthesis
of urea |
Wright,
Orville |
1903 |
Airplane |
Wright, Sewall |
1918 |
Neo-Darwinism
|
Wright,
Wilbur |
1903 |
Airplane |
Yang,
Chen-Ning |
1956 |
Parity
violation |
Yi Xing |
2400 BCE—1820 CE |
Computing devices |
Young,
Thomas |
1800 |
Wave nature of light |
Zamenhof, L. L. |
1839-1887 |
International auxiliary language: Esperanto |
Zeeman, Pieter |
1845-1913 |
Magneto-optic and electro-optic effects |
Zhabotinsky,
Anatoly |
1951 |
Chemical
oscillations |