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