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Issac Newton
Laws of motion, universal gravitation, optics
Albert Einstein
theory of relativity, E = mc2
Galileo Galilei
Telescope observations, heliocentric support, laws of motion, observed moons of Jupiter, phases of Venus
James Clerk Maxwell
electromagnetism (Maxwell’s equations)
Dmitri Mendeleev
periodic table
Marie Curie
radioactivity, discovered polonium and radium
Antoine Lavoisier
law of conservation of mass, identified oxygen
John Dalton
atomic theory
Charles Darwin
theory of evolution by natural selection
Gregor Mendel
father of genetics, pea plant experiment
Louis Pasteur
germ theory of disease, pasteurization
Robert Hooke
discovered cells, coined the term “cell”
Alexander Fleming
discovered penicillin
Nicolaus Copernicus
heliocentric solar system model
Edwin Hubble
expanding universe theory, hubble’s law
Alfred Wegener
continental drift theory
Thomas Edison
lightbulb, phonograph
Nikola Tesla
Alternating current (AC) electricity
Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur)
first powered airplane
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