Famous Scientists

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  1. 5. Rose from a life of misery and labor to be the foremost expert on optical glass in Bavaria, and the world.
  2. 9. Despite being struck by ALS, lived a very productive life making numerous discoveries in astrophysics
  3. 10. Created the process for sanitizing food by boiling them and keeping them sealed in a container.
  4. 11. Discovered radium and died of radiation poisoning.
  5. 12. Russian creator of the current model of the periodic table of elements.
  6. 14. Gifted computer scientist who helped break the German Enigma code.
  7. 15. Had many major discoveries including his famous 3 laws of motion.
  8. 17. Famously attempted to begin at the most basic truths stating "Cogito Ergo Sum" (I think therefore I am).
  9. 18. Dealt with his guilt for inventing dynamite by creating awards for excellence in many fields, including peace.
  10. 19. Took the photo using X-ray crystallography that would eventually prove the shape of DNA.
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  1. 1. Famous actress who invented the frequency hopping technology that would eventually be used for bluetooth.
  2. 2. Chemist who made amazing discovered in the spectra of light emitted from heated chemicals but is most well known for his burner.
  3. 3. Invented the first AC generator, considered an unstable but very clever scientist.
  4. 4. Used pea plants to discover his laws of inheritance via genetics.
  5. 5. Made massive discoveries in electromagnetic theory and essentially invented the electric motor.
  6. 6. Winner of the 1922 Nobel prize in physics for his model of the atom.
  7. 7. Greek scientist and mathematician who famously shouted "Eureka" in the tub upon making a discovery.
  8. 8. Credited with the discovery of antibiotics.
  9. 13. Won Nobel prize for discovery of photoelectric effect.
  10. 16. Published first work on evolution by natural selection entitled "The Origin of Species"