Famous Scientists: Home

Go here to find out about your famous scientist.

Choose a scientist to research from the list below.

Astronomers (study space)

• Galileo
• Carl Sagan
• Henrietta Leavitt

Computer Scientists

• Bill Gates
• Ada Byron Lovelace

Environmental Scientists

• Rachel Carson
• Wangari Maathai

Geneticists (study genes)

• Gregor Mendel

Inventors

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Margaret E. Knight
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Alva Edison

Oceanographers (study the oceans)

• Jacques Cousteau
• Marie Tharp
• Sylvia Earle

Paleontologists (study fossils)

• Mary Anning

Physicists (study matter and energy)

• Albert Einstein
• Sally Ride
• Isaac Newton
• Marie Curie

Zoologists (study animals)

• Jane Goodall
• Charles Darwin
• Jean-Henri Fabre

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