There are a very large numeral of famous scientists in history. If a schedule of all such famous scientists were to be compiled, the work would become unwieldy. Hence, a finite number has been taken into thought.
James Maxwell
He is known for the “Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism” published in 1873. Maxwell separately developed the “Maxwell-Boltzmann kinetic theory of gases”.
Edwin Hubble
“Hubble’s Law” stated that galaxies move away from each other at a velocity determined by the distance that alienated them. He classified galaxies as per their distance, shape, brightness patterns and content.
Emil Fisher
Some of his works are:
1. Fusion of glucose, fructose, mannose starting with glycerol
2. Establishing structures for the 16 stereoisomer of the aldohexoses with glucose as the most famous member
Paul Dirac
He conventional a Nobel Prize in 1933 for the work on anti-particles. The “Dirac equation” was a version of the Schrödinger’s equation.
Albert Einstein
He is arguably at the pinnacle if the popularity of all the scientists is taken into account. He confirmed solutions to a trio of mind-boggling topics in Physics in 1905 and shot into limelight.
Sir Isaac Newton
“Philosophize naturalism principia mathematical” called “Principia” is recognized as the greatest scientific book ever published. Sir Isaac Newton wrote this in 1687.
Galileo Galilei
He was the first to use the telescope for provide evidence that the earth revolves around the Sun. This postulate was in contrast to that held by the majority.
Charles Darwin
“On the origin of species by means of natural selection” is Darwin’s famous book published in 1859.
Johannes Kepler
Kepler compiled the Mars data which enabled him to suggest the “Three Laws of Planetary Motion”.
Louis Pasteur
Some of his works are:
1. Division of mirror image molecules and effect of polarized light
2. Classification of the parasite that was killing silkworms
Archimedes
His major attainment is “The Archimedes principle in hydrostatics”, the Archimedes screw and the relation between the surface and volume of a sphere and the circumscribing cylinder.
Amedeo Avagadro
He concluded that identical volumes of gases at similar conditions of temperature and pressure have the same number of molecules.
William Henry
Henry’s Law states that the amount of gas absorbed by water increases as the gas pressure rises.
John Dalton
He developed the atomic theory.
Alessandro Volta
He invented the practical battery using cells of two types of metals.
Antoine Lavois