World's Greatest Scientists

Born: 780 AD, Khwarezm Died: 850 AD, Baghdad, Iraq Nationality: Iranian Books: The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (Arabic: عَبْدَالله مُحَمَّد بِن مُوسَى اَلْخْوَارِزْمِي‎),.

Born: July 1, 965 AD, Basra, Iraq Died: March 6, 1040, Cairo, Egypt Full name: Abu Ali al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham Books: Book of Optics Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (Arabic: ابن الهيثم, Arabic: أبو علي، الحسن بن الحسن.

Born: April 15, 1452, Vinci, Italy Died: May 2, 1519, Amboise, France Full name: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci Period: High Renaissance Buried: Chapel of Saint-Hubert Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian.

Born: May 11, 1918, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Died: February 15, 1988, Los Angeles, California, United States Children: Carl Feynman, Michelle Louise Feynman Spouse: Gweneth Howarth (m. 1960–1988), Mary Louise Bell (m. 1952–1956),.

Born: June 26, 1824, Belfast, United Kingdom Died: December 17, 1907, Largs, United Kingdom Full name: William Thomson Awards: Copley Medal, Royal Medal, John Fritz Medal, Smith's Prize for Examination Performance Education: Peterhouse, Cambridge (1841–1845),.

Born: 287 BC, Syracuse, Italy Full name: Archimedes of Syracuse Nationality: Greek Assassinated: 212 BC, Syracuse, Italy Parents: Phidias Archimedes of Syracuse (287 BC – c.212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and.

Born: October 7, 1885, Copenhagen, Denmark Died: November 18, 1962, Copenhagen, Denmark Nationality: Danish Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, Copley Medal, Max Planck Medal, More Education: University of Copenhagen (1911), More Children: Aage Bohr, Ernest.

Born: December 27, 1571, Weil der Stadt, Germany Died: November 15, 1630, Regensburg, Germany Education: Tübinger Stift Children: Sebald Kepler, Heinrich Kepler, Ludwig Kepler, More Parents: Katharina Kepler, Heinrich Kepler Johannes Kepler (December.

Born: December 11, 1882, Wrocław, Poland Died: January 5, 1970, Göttingen, Germany Children: Irene Born, Gritli Born Education: University of Göttingen, Wrocław University, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, Max Planck.

Born: September 22, 1791, Newington Butts, United Kingdom Died: August 25, 1867, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, United Kingdom Parents: James Faraday Spouse: Sarah Barnard (m. 1821) Awards: Copley Medal, Royal Medal, Rumford Medal Michael Faraday,.