Louis Pasteur is widely known as a French chemist and biologist. He is responsible for the proving the “germ theory” which states that micro-organisms are the cause of most infectious diseases. He discovered diseases such as streptococcus and staphylococcus and encouraged physicians to sterilize and boil their medical instruments. His other accomplishments include inventing the [...]
While almost universally recognized as the most brilliant mind since Leonardo da Vinci, Einstein didn’t always display an aptitude for scholarly thinking. He didn’t learn to speak until nearly the age of four, and even as he began schooling his teachers thought him aloof. Despite these obstacles, Einstein ultimately matured, earning a PhD from the [...]
Sir Isaac Newton is a very influential historical figure. He is famous for his works in physics, theology, mathematics, astronomy, alchemy and philosophy. Newton is most famous for his writing of “Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica”, a very important book that changed the scientific community. Newton developed the first reflecting telescope, and contributed a large part [...]
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist born on October 7, 1885. Bohr is such a significant scientist because of the fundamental contributions he made to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics. Bohr enrolled in Copenhagen University in 1903 to study philosophy and mathematics but later switched to physics after winning a gold metal [...]
Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire, England on February 12, 1809, and founded one of the most important theories of all time, The Theory of Evolution. The theory stated that all species of life descended over time from one common ancestry. It all started after Darwin graduated from Cambridge University and was offered a position [...]