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The Nine Greatest Scientists
This page presents summary biographical information for each
of the nine scientists selected. The scientists are addressed in chronological
order and are each linked to a recommended academic web page that offers
additional biographical information.
1. Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
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Academic Profession: Mathematician
and Physicist
Nationality: English
Place of Birth: Woolsthorpe,
Lincolnshire, England
Most important Writing: Principia
(1687)
Recommended Web Page:
University of St. Andrews, Scotland |
2. Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
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Academic Profession: Geologist
Nationality: Scottish
Place of Birth: Kirriemuir,
County Angus, Scotland
Most important Writing:
Principles of
Geology (1833)
Recommended Web Page:
Bartleby.com
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3. Charles Robert Darwin
(1809-1882)
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Academic Profession: Biologist
Nationality: English
Place of Birth: Shrewsbury,
England
Most important Writing: On
the Origin of Species
(1859)
Recommended Web Page:
Coe
College, Iowa
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4. James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
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Academic Profession: Physicist
Nationality: Scottish
Place of Birth:
Edinburgh, Scotland
Most important Writing: Electricity
and Magnetism (1873)
Recommended Web Page:
University of St. Andrews, Scotland
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5. Ludwig Boltzman (1844-1906)
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Academic Profession: Physicist
Nationality: Austrian
Place of Birth: Vienna,
Austria
Most important Writing: Principles
of Mechanics (1897)
Recommended Web Page:
University of St. Andrews, Scotland
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6. Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
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Academic Profession: Physicist
Nationality: German
Place of Birth: Ulm,
Württemberg, Germany
Most important Writing: The
Field Equations of Gravitation
(1915)
Recommended Web Page:
University of St. Andrews, Scotland
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7. Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953)
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Academic Profession: Astronomer
Nationality: United States
Place of Birth: Marshfield,
Missouri, U. S. A.
Most important Writing: A
Relation Between
Distance and Radial Velocity Among Extra-Galactic Nebulae
(1929)
Recommended Web Page:
University of St. Andrews, Scotland
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8. Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976)
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Academic Profession: Physicist
Nationality: German
Place of Birth: Würzburg,
Germany
Most important Writing: Physical
Principles of Quantum Theory (1928)
Recommended Web Page:
University of St. Andrews, Scotland
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9. Edward Witten (b. 1951)
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