Birth days of Famous Scientists

 

 

 

ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955)

Physicist, genius, formulated the Theory of Relativity

Birthday: Mar 14

 

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SIGMUND FREUD (1856-1939)

Father of Modern Psychiatry interpreted patient's dreams

Birthday: May 6

 

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NIKOLA TESLA (1856-1943)

Inventor of the electrical motor, arc lighting, and AC power.

Birthday: Jul 10

 

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790)

American patriot, inventor, writer, and statesman

Birthday: Jan 17

 

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STEPHEN HAWKING 70

Wheelchair-bound brilliant professor of physics and author of "A Brief History of Time"

Birthday: Jan 8

 

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SIR ISAAC NEWTON (1642-1727)

Mathematician formulated 3 basic laws of motion

Birthday: Dec 25

 

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GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER (1864-1943)

African-American scientist found many uses for the peanut

Birthday: Jul 12

 

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CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882)

Evolutionary author of "Origin of Species" (1859)

Birthday: Feb 12

 

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GALILEO GALILEI (1564-1642)

Early scientist invented the telescope and the thermometer

Birthday: Feb 15

 

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IVAN PAVLOV (1849-1936)

Russian scientist studied conditioned response in dogs

Birthday: Sep 26

 

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WERNHER VON BRAUN (1912-1977)

One of the greatest rocket scientists ever, early in my career, I played a key role in Germany's rocket development program

Birthday: Mar 23

 

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ERWIN SCHRODINGER (1887-1961)

Austrian physicist used a cat in a box to explain quantum mechanics

Birthday: Aug 12

 

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JOHANNES GUTENBERG (1400-1468)

Invented the first printing press with moveable type

Birthday: Jun 23

 

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ALFRED NOBEL (1833-1896)

Swedish dynamite inventor established a peace prize

Birthday: Oct 21

 

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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (1820-1910)

Lady with the Lamp founded first scientific nursing school

Birthday: May 12

 

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GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE (1846-1914)

Invented air brake for trains, developed AC electrical power

Birthday: Oct 6

 

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JACQUES COUSTEAU (1910-1997)

Oceanographer showed TV audiences the undersea world

Birthday: Jun 11

 

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TIM BERNERS LEE 57

Widely credited as the inventor of the World Wide Web

Birthday: Jun 8

 

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MADAME CURIE (1867-1934)

Discovered two radioactive elements: radium and polonium

Birthday: Nov 7

 

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ALAN TURING (1912-1954)

Mathematician devised a test of artificial intelligence

Birthday: Jun 23