Great Names in Science
Over the centuries, many scientists have improved our perception of the world. Here they are.
Find the men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science.
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Panoramix
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Game creation: 2020-04-11
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He helped found the modern probability theory and invented the first calculating machine at the age of 19.
Pierre-Simon de Laplace | Blaise Pascal | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | Christian Huygens -
In 1897, he paved the way for wireless telegraphy by achieving the first wireless transmission in Morse code.
Edward Branly | Guglielmo Marconi | Samuel Morse | Heinrich Hertz -
He created a vaccine in 1952 against polio, a disease that can cause severe paralysis, especially in children.
Albert Sabin | Alexander Fleming | Jonas Salk | David Baltimore -
A physicist specializing in elementary particles, he successfully predicted the existence of a boson now bearing his name.
Peter Higgs | Alain Aspect | Steven Weinberg | Murray Gell-Mann -
He published in 1915 his theory on the continental drift, now known as plate tectonics.
Jean Albert Gaudry | Harry Hammond Hess | Haroun Tazieff | Alfred Wegener
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