American virologist. Along with Michael Houghton and Harvey J. Alter, he was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 'for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus'
* 1933 in Karlsruhe, German electrical engineer who in the 1960s developed a trackball control similar to the later computer mouse at Telefunken. Douglas Engelbart is usually considered the inventor of the mouse
American theoretical physicist, academic, and author. He has taught physics at the University of Connecticut since 1975. He is best known for his scientific position on the possibility of time travel
Swiss astrophysicist and professor emeritus at the University of Geneva's Department of Astronomy. He is co - laureate of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Jim Peebles and Didier Queloz
Co-inventor of popular drugs in tetrahydropyridimine family such as pyrantel, morantel & oxantel. Drugs commonly used for the treatment of intestinal parasitic worms, most popularly in veterinary fields for pin, round, and heart worms
Former president and COO and a director of Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold. Member of the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum, the American Mining Congress, and the Montana Tech Foundation
American chemist, born 1933. Served as the Launch and Flight Weather Officer for the first US satellite, Explorer I in 1958. Made the call to it for two days to avoid high upper winds. Worked on the 1st Intercontinental ballistic missile. Also a champion
(Born September 22, 1918) is an American entomologist born in Pasadena, California. He is a leading expert on bees, his magnus opus being The Bees of the World
American economist, winner of the 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, together with Robert B. Wilson, 'for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats
(born July 15, 1918, née Brenda Langford) is a British-Canadian neuropsychologist who has contributed to the research on various topics in the field of clinical neuropsychology, sometimes referred to as 'the founder of neuropsychology'
Author of several bestselling works of fiction and nonfiction for both children and adults. He is a contributing editor at Popular Science and an award-winning science writer
Americam pysicist born November 7, 1915; group leader at Project Manhattan (Trinity); transported the plutonium core of Trinity to test site in an old Plymouth car.
Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist. She shared the Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2014, together with her husband Edvard and John O'Keefe
French scientist and pioneer in the field of electrical engineering and lasers and Nobel laureate. Along with Donna Strickland and Arthur Ashkin, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics
Cancer physician, researcher & assistant professor at Columbia University. Mukherjee is also the author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction, and The Laws of Medicine
Astrophysicist. He discovered the first Black Hole in 1971. He found out that the bright X-ray source Cygnus X-1 was a binary system, with a giant blue star orbiting a dark object, which he realised had to be a black hole