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Democritus
Democritus
His exact contributions are difficult to disentangle from those of his mentor Leucippus, as they are often mentioned together in texts. Their speculation on atoms, taken from Leucippus, bears a passing and partial resemblance to the nineteenth-century understanding of atomic structure that has led some to regard Democritus as more of a scientist than other Greek philosophers; -
Robert Boyle
robert boyle was a 17th-century natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor, also noted for his writings in theology. He has been variously described as Irish, English and Anglo-Irish, his father having come to Ireland from England during the time of the Plantations. -
Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier was a French nobleman prominent in the histories of chemistry and biology. -
John Dalton
John Dalton was an English chemist, meteorologist and physicist. He is best known for his pioneering work in the development of modern atomic theory, -
Michael Faraday
Michael Faradaywas an English scientist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include those of electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis. -
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri Mendeleevwas a Russian chemist and inventor. He is credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements. Using the table, he predicted the properties of elements yet to be discovered. -
Marie Curie
Marie Curiewas a French-Polish physicist and chemist, famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. -
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherfordwas a New Zealand-born British chemist and physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics -
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohrwas a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, -
Aristotle
Aristotle
Aristotle 384 BC – 322 BC, was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology
