Influential Scientists Throughout History
Across
- 3. Astronomer who discovered Uranus; namesake of Slough school
- 5. English physician who recognised the full circulation of blood in the human body
- 9. Famous series: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...
- 10. Known for his three laws of motion; SI unit of force
- 13. Considered the father of quantum theory; gave name to a constant
- 15. / Greek mathematician known for his theorem relating to triangles
- 16. Bletchley Park code-cracker; portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in 2014 film
- 18. Greek mathematician considered the "father of geometry'; author of the Elements
- 20. Astronomer who helped prove the universe is expanding; ______ Space Telescope
- 21. Inventor of germ theory; namesake to a method of destroying bacteria in foods
Down
- 1. Physicist who discovered electromagnetic induction
- 2. Engineer credited for designing modern AC current; electric car company _____ Motors
- 4. German physicist famous for his theory of relativity; genius
- 6. English chemist who's work was key to the understanding of the structure of DNA
- 7. Naturalist who formulated the theory of evolution; author of "On the Origin of Species"
- 8. Theoretical physicist famous for his work on black holes; author of "A Brief History of Time"
- 11. Physicist credited as the creator of the electric battery
- 12. Chinese chemist known for her work developing one of the world's most-effective malaria-fighting drug
- 14. Pioneer in the field of radioactivity; first person to win two Nobel Prizes
- 17. Astronomer who first observed Saturn's rings; mentioned in Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- 19. Physicist who made fundamental contributions to the atomic model