FAMOUS SCIENTISTS

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Across
  1. 3. - Primatologist and conservationist who studied chimpanzees in the wild.
  2. 4. - Medical researcher who developed the polio vaccine.
  3. 6. - Marine biologist and environmentalist who wrote the influential book "Silent Spring" about the dangers of pesticides.
  4. 8. - Paleoanthropologist known for discoveries of early human fossils in East Africa.
  5. 9. - Scientist who discovered the laws of motion and gravity.
  6. 11. - Father of genetics who studied inheritance in pea plants.
  7. 13. - Astronomer who confirmed the existence of other galaxies beyond the Milky Way.
  8. 16. - Scientist who made important contributions to the understanding of electricity.
  9. 17. - Astronomer who made significant discoveries with his telescope.
  10. 18. - Molecular biologist who, along with Watson, unraveled the structure of DNA.
Down
  1. 1. - Naturalist who developed the theory of evolution through natural selection.
  2. 2. - Molecular biologist who, along with Crick, unraveled the structure of DNA.
  3. 5. - Microbiologist and chemist who developed vaccines and pasteurization.
  4. 7. - Inventor and electrical engineer known for his work on alternating current.
  5. 10. - Scientist who discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic.
  6. 12. - Famous physicist known for his theory of relativity.
  7. 14. - Physiologist known for his experiments on conditioned reflexes with dogs.
  8. 15. - Astronomer who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system.
  9. 18. - Physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.
  10. 19. - Microbiologist who made important contributions to the understanding of infectious diseases.