World's Top Scientists and Their Contributions
Scientists are people who study and master the field of science to understand how the world works. They use the scientific method to examine theories and hypotheses and often conduct experiments. Scientists can work in a variety of settings, including laboratories, schools, research institutions, and for companies or governments. Some scientists also teach at universities and train others to become scientists.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held as one of the most influential scientists. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics.
Born: 14 March 1879, Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Died: 18 April 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, US
Education: ETH Zurich (Dipl., 1900), University of Zurich (PhD, 1905)
Awards: Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (1920), Nobel Prize in Physics (1921), Matteucci Medal (1921), ForMemRS (1921), Copley Medal (1925), Gold Medal of RAS (1926), Max Planck Medal (1929), Membership of NAS (1942), Time Person of the Century (1999)
Isaac Newton
1643–1727
Marie Curie
1867–1934
Galileo Galilei
1564–1642
Nikola Tesla
1856–1943
Carl Linnaeus
1707–1778
Michael Faraday
1791–1867
Louis Pasteur
1822–1895
Charles Darwin
1809–1882
Rosalind Franklin
1920–1958
George Efstathiou
Richard A. Flavell
Tim Spector
Guenakh Mitselmakher
Kenneth W. Kinzler
Mark Daly
James E. Brau
Raymond Joseph Dolan
Joel N. Butler
Michael Karin
Zhong Lin Wang
Albert Hofmann
1906–2008
Rob Knight
David Baltimore
Matthias Mann
Rakesh Jain
Eugene Koonin
Robert Lefkowitz
Eric Lander
Peter Barnes
Pierre Chambon
Simon White
Eric Topol
Ronald M. Evans
John C. Reed
Trevor Robbins
Irving Weissman
John Q. Trojanowski
1946–2022
Michael Grätzel
Joseph L. Goldstein
Fred Gage
Michael Stuart Brown
Robert Samuel Langer, Jr.
Peer Bork
James Gunn
Solomon H. Snyder
Bert Vogelstein
Craig B. Thompson
Hans Clevers
Mark Mattson
Virginia Man-Yee Lee