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|Nikola Tesla |
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|Buckminster Fuller |
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|Gregor Mendel |
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|Founder of the science of Genetics. |
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|Alexander Flemming |
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|Discovered penicillin. |
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|Albert Bruce Sabin |
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|Developed the first oral polio vaccine.<ref>https://todayinsci.com/8/8_26.htm</ref> |
|Developed the first oral polio vaccine.<ref>https://todayinsci.com/8/8_26.htm</ref> |
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|Ernest Rutherford |
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|Physicist. Established the existence of the atomic nucleus. |
|Physicist. Established the existence of the atomic nucleus. |
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|John Dalton |
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|Proposed modern atomic theory. |
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|Michael Faraday |
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|Sir Robert Edwards |
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|Codeveloped in-vitro fertilization (IVF) of the human egg. |
|Codeveloped in-vitro fertilization (IVF) of the human egg. |
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|Enrico Fermi |
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|Prolifit physicist. |
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|Robert Goddard |
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|Developed the first liquid-fuel rocket. |
|Developed the first liquid-fuel rocket. |
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|Niels Bohr |
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|Robert Stephenson |
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|Engineer, inventor, and pioneer of rail transportation. |
|Engineer, inventor, and pioneer of rail transportation. |
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|Alfred Wegener |
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|Originator of the theory of continental drift. |
|Originator of the theory of continental drift. |
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|Frederick Banting |
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|Co-discoverer of insulin. |
|Co-discoverer of insulin. |
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|Edwin Hubble |
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|Responsible for major advances in astronomy and cosmology. |
|Responsible for major advances in astronomy and cosmology. |
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|Srinivasa Ramanujan |
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|Mathematician. |
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|Developed the process for vulcanizing rubber. |
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Revision as of 08:37, 7 August 2021
This will be a list of 365 men that have made outstanding contributions in a STEM field. All birth dates listed are in the Gregorian Calendar even if this calendar was not in use at the time of their birth. In some cases birth dates may be approximate.
Day | Month | Year | Name | Notes | |
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1 | January | 1894 | Satyendra Nath Bose | Physicist. Collaborated with Albert Einstein to establish Bose-Einstein statistics, which is fundamental to modern physics.[1] | |
2 | January | 1941 | Donald B. Keck | Invented optical fiber.[2] | |
3 | January | 1906 | William Wilson Morgan | Established that the Milky Way galaxy has spiral arms and co-developed stellar luminosity classes.[3] | |
4 | January | 1643 | Sir Isaac Newton | Polymath.[4] | |
5 | January | 1909 | Stephen Cole Kleene | Mathematician. His work underpins theoretical computer science.[5] | |
6 | January | 1906 | Jacques Étienne Montgolfier | Co-developed the hot-air balloon with his brother Jacques Étienne Montgolfier.[6] | |
7 | January | 1871 | Émile Borel | Mathematician. Made important contributions to probability theory and was an early researcher in game theory.[7] | |
8 | January | 1564 | Galileo Galilei | ||
15 | January | 1785 | William Prout | Various discoveries. Advanced understanding of atomic physics. His work influenced the naming of the proton by Ernest Rutherford.[8] | |
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17 | January | 1706 | Benjamin Franklin | Polymath. | |
8 | February | 1834 | Dmitri Mendeleev | Chemist and Inventor | |
12 | February | 1809 | Charles Darwin | Established the idea of evolution through natural selection. | |
19 | February | 1943 | Nicolaus Copernicus | ||
27 | February | 1899 | Charles Best | Co-discoverer of insulin. | |
28 | February | 1901 | Linus Pauling | Chemist, Biochemist, Chemical Engineer | |
3 | March | 1847 | Alexander Graham Bell | Prolific inventor | |
4 | March | 1847 | Carl Josef Bayer | Developed the process to cheaply extract Aluminium from Bauxite. | |
11 | March | 1926 | Thomas Starzl | Pioneered organ transplantation. | |
14 | March | 1879 | Albert Einstein | Mathematician | |
18 | March | 1858 | Rudolf Diesel | Inventor, Mechanical Engineer | |
23 | March | 1913 | Paul Erdős | Mathematician | |
9 | April | 1806 | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | Prolific engineer & inventor | |
15 | April | 1452 | Leonardo da Vinci | Polymath | |
21 | April | 1909 | Józef Kosacki | Invented the first portable mine detector | |
22 | April | 1904 | Paul Davies | Physicist | |
23 | April | 1858 | Max Planck | Founder of quantum theory. | |
11 | May | 1918 | Richard Feynman | Physicist | |
15 | May | 1859 | Pierre Curie | ||
17 | May | 1749 | Edward Jenner | ||
23 | May | 1707 | Carl Linnaeus | Ecologist | |
1 | June | 1907 | Frank Whittle | Invented the Turbojet engine | |
8 | June | 1916 | Tim Berners-Lee | Developed the World Wide Web | |
9 | June | 1781 | George Stephenson | Engineer, inventor and pioneer of rail transportation | |
13 | June | 1928 | John Nash | Fundamental contributor to game theory | |
19 | June | 1623 | Blaise Pascal | Developed probability theory in mathematics | |
23 | June | 1912 | Alan Turing | Computer Scientist, Mathematician. | |
1 | July | 1646 | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | Polymath. | |
2 | July | 1906 | Hans Albrecht Bethe | Physicist. Conducted seminal work on quantum mechanics.[9] | |
3 | July | 1935 | Harrison “Jack” Schmitt | Scientist-Astronaut. Spent three days on the Lunar surface as part of the Apollo 17 mission.[10] | |
4 | July | 1883 | Rube Goldberg | Engineer & cartoonist. Satirised modern society's preoccupation with technology. Established the concept of the Rube Goldberg machine.[11] | |
10 | July | 1856 | Nikola Tesla | Prolific inventor. | |
12 | July | 1895 | Buckminster Fuller | Prolific inventor. | |
20 | July | 1822 | Gregor Mendel | Founder of the science of Genetics. | |
6 | August | 1881 | Alexander Flemming | Discovered penicillin. | |
23 | August | 1769 | Georges Cuvier | Founder of Paleontology. | |
24 | August | 1918 | Ray McIntire | Invented Styrofoam.[12] | |
26 | August | 1906 | Albert Bruce Sabin | Developed the first oral polio vaccine.[13] | |
30 | August | 1871 | Ernest Rutherford | Physicist. Established the existence of the atomic nucleus. | |
6 | September | 1766 | John Dalton | Proposed modern atomic theory. | |
22 | September | 1791 | Michael Faraday | ||
25 | September | 1866 | Thomas Hunt Morgan | Established the chromosome theory of heredity. | |
26 | September | 1754 | Joseph-Louis Proust | Found an important result leading to the modern science of chemistry. | |
27 | September | 1925 | Sir Robert Edwards | Codeveloped in-vitro fertilization (IVF) of the human egg. | |
29 | September | 1901 | Enrico Fermi | Prolifit physicist. | |
5 | October | 1882 | Robert Goddard | Developed the first liquid-fuel rocket. | |
7 | October | 1885 | Niels Bohr | Physicist. | |
16 | October | 1803 | Robert Stephenson | Engineer, inventor, and pioneer of rail transportation. | |
1 | November | 1880 | Alfred Wegener | Originator of the theory of continental drift. | |
14 | November | 1891 | Frederick Banting | Co-discoverer of insulin. | |
20 | November | 1889 | Edwin Hubble | Responsible for major advances in astronomy and cosmology. | |
14 | December | 1546 | Tycho Brahe | ||
15 | December | 1852 | Henri Becquerel | ||
21 | December | 1803 | Joseph Whitworth | Engineer, Inventor. | |
22 | December | 1887 | Srinivasa Ramanujan | Mathematician. | |
26 | December | 1791 | Charles Babbage | Father of the computer | |
27 | December | 1822 | Louis Pasteur | ||
28 | December | 1903 | John von Neumann | Polymath | |
29 | December | 1800 | Charles Goodyear | Developed the process for vulcanizing rubber. | |
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References
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