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Danish physicist Niels BOHR was a member of the Manhattan Project
Pierre and Marie CURIE shared the 1903 Nobel Prize
James Prescot JOULE developed the first law of thermodynamics
Carl SAGAN promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence or SETI
There is controversy over whether Marconi or TESLA invented radio
Johannes Kepler was an assistant of astronomer TYCHO Brahe
Charles DARWIN released "On the Origin of Species" in 1859
Hans GEIGER invented a way to detect radiation in 1928
This space telescope was named after an American astronomer HUBBLE
He has a unit of pressure, a triangle and a law named after him PASCAL
Charles BABBAGE originated the basic idea of a computer in 19th century
Leonardo DA VINCI was a painter, inventor, mathematician and more
He stood trial on suspicion heresy in 1633 GALILEO
Stephen HAWKING wrote "A Brief History of Time" in 1988
Louis PASTEUR created the vaccine for rabies along with pasteurization
PTOLEMY was a Greek mathematician and astronomer from the 2nd century
Alfred Nobel invented DYNAMITE and then funded the Nobel Peace Prize
He came up with the theory of relativity EINSTEIN
The Foucault PENDULUM demonstrates the effects of the Earth's rotation
He was taught by Plato and a teacher of Alexander the Great ARISTOTLE
Rene DESCARTES has been called the "Founder of Modern Philosophy"
ARCHIMEDES studied buoyancy and mechanical devices in the 3rd century B.C.
Benjamin Franklin is known for his work with ELECTRICITY - and kites
He is the called the Father of Medicine HIPPOCRATES
He described gravity and the 3 laws of motion ISAAC NEWTON
J. Robert OPPENHEIMER has been called "the father of the atomic bomb"
Copernicus formulated the HELIOCENTRIC theory of the solar system
He was known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park" THOMAS EDISON
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