Appendix 2: Scientists
This table is an alphabetical list of the scientists featured in the discussions of the 100
greatest discoveries. Each is listed with his or her discovery and the year the discovery was
made.
Name
Abel, John
Agassiz, Louis
Archimedes
Avogadro, Amedeo
Bakker, Robert
Banting, Frederick
Bardeen, John
Bayliss, William
Beadle, George
Beijerinick, Martinus
Bell, Jocelyn
Benda, Carl
Bethe, Hans
Bohr, Niels
Boltwood, Bertram
Born, Max
Boyle, Robert
Buckland, William
Bunsen, Robert
Cassini, Giovanni
Chadwick, James
Claude, Albert
Copernicus, Nicholaus
Courtenay-Latimer, M.
Crick, Francis
Curie, Marie and Pierre
Dalton, John
Dart, Raymond
Darwin, Charles
Davy, Humphry
Davy, Humphry
de Bort, Leon Teisserenc
Discovery
Hormones
Ice ages
Levers and buoyancy
Molecules
Nature of dinosaurs
Insulin
Semiconductor transistor
Hormones
Genes
Virus
Pulsar
Mitochondria
Nuclear fusion
Atomic bonding
Radioactive dating
Quantum theory
Boyle’s law
Dinosaur fossils
Atomic light signatures
Distance to the sun
Neutron
Cell structure
Sun-centered universe
Coelacanth
DNA
Radioactivity
Atoms
Human evolution
Evolution
Anesthesia
Electrochemical bonding
Atmospheric layers
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Year
1898
1837
260 B.C.
1811
1976
1921
1947
1902
1934
1898
1967
1898
1939
1913
1907
1925
1662
1824
1859
1672
1932
1933
1520
1938
1953
1901
1802
1924
1858
1801
1806
1902
Page
109
69
3
63
213
142
183
109
167
101
205
103
192
131
119
148
19
67
81
27
163
165
5
176
196
105
59
146
79
57
61
107