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Crichton was a well-known author, medical doctor, film director, film producer, and television producer. He his best known for his science fiction and thriller novels, television programs, and films based off his books. Some of his more famous work includes The Andromeda Strain, Congo, Timeline, Disclosure, Prey and Next. He also created the Show ER… but [...]
Peterson is the man who invented the McDonald’s Egg McMuffin in 1972. He was a food executive and food scientist. Being a huge fan of eggs benedict, Peterson wanted to do something similar for the new breakfast sandwich he was developing. He eventually came up with the Egg McMuffin, which is an Egg sandwich (with the [...]
Beatrix is known for her time-honored children’s books which featured characters such as Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Benjamin Bunny, Johnny Town-Mouse, and Little Pig Robinson. When many may not know about Potter, is that she was also something of a scientist, considered an expert in mycology. She was actually one of the first people to make [...]
Bruce Edwards Ivins graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a PHD in microbiology and is known for his extensive research with Anthrax. He aided the FBI after the Anthrax attacks of 2001 in analyzing the substance. Eventually, authorities came to suspect his as a culprit of the attacks. According to ABC News, “FBI officials had [...]
John Wheeler was a theoretical physicist, and one of the last known collaborators of Albert Einstein. He tried to achieve Einstein’s vision of a unified field theory. Wheeler is also credited for coining the terms black hold and wormhole.
Albert Hoffman was a Swiss scientist who is best known for being the first to synthesize, and ingest the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
Pausch died from pancreatic cancer at his home in Chesapeake, Virginia. They had recently moved to Chesapeake so that his wife and children would be near family after his passing.
A geneticist, Professor of Medical Genetics and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is widely regarded as the father of clinical medical genetics
Born Michel Dabaghi, Dr. Michael DeBakey could be considered one of the most important people to grace the pages of this database, though perhaps not the household name that he deserved to be. DeBakey is known as the father of modern heart medicine. He was a pioneer in heart surgery and worked with over 70,000 [...]
He was one of the most important scientists in the world. He wrote the general theory of relativity.
He is known as the father of evolutionary biology.
He was one of the most important scientists of all time. President of the Royal Society, Physicist, astronomer, inventor, mathematician. You may have also heard of the “theory of relativity”.
Inventor and Scientist. He is best known as being the inventor of the Telephone.
He was the Astronomer that introduced the theory that the sun was the center of our solar system.
French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry.
An Italian electrical engineer, an inventor, won the physics Nobel prize in 1809. He is generally considered the inventor of the radiotelegraph. In 1901 he sent signals across the Atlantic for the first time.
Astronomer, astrophysicist. Known also for his tv series “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage” (1980) and his science books. He also promoted the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
Swiss Psychiatrist, founder of analytical psychology and the concept of the collective unconscious.
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Leading writer, printer, scientist, inventor. Known also for his experiments with electricity and lightning.
One of the greatest world inventors. Best known for inventing the light bulb in 1879.
Scottish biologist, novel prize winner, famous for discovering penicillin.
Considered the father of psychoanalysis. He gave weight to the importance of the “unconcious mind” and considered that sex was the driving factor in all psychological problems. He wrote many books and papers, one of the most famous being an early work “the interpretation of dreams”.