Great Names in Science

Great Names in Science

Over the centuries, many scientists have improved our perception of the world. Here they are.

Over the centuries, many scientists have improved our perception of the world. Here they are.

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100

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Game creation: 2020-04-11
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

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  • In 1820, he established the mathematical relationship between magnetism and electricity, the foundation of electrodynamics.

    Charles Augustin Coulomb | Francois Arago | Gustav Kirchhoff | André Ampere
  • This Greek mathematician from Alexandria lived around 300 BC is considered the father of geometry.

    Pythagoras | Hipparchus | Thales | Euclid
  • In 1897, he paved the way for wireless telegraphy by achieving the first wireless transmission in Morse code.

    Edward Branly | Heinrich Hertz | Samuel Morse | Guglielmo Marconi
  • In 1895, he discovered a radiation of a very short wavelength, the X-rays.

    Gustav Kirchhoff | Wilhelm Röntgen | Michael Faraday | Henry Cavendish
  • He published in 1915 his theory on the continental drift, now known as plate tectonics.

    Harry Hammond Hess | Alfred Wegener | Jean Albert Gaudry | Haroun Tazieff

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2020-06-16 23:35:53
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Super Quiz, nous en voulons d'autres !!
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