“Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing.”“Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way […]
American scientist, Katharine Burr Blodgett is known for numerous important contributions to the field of industrial chemistry. She is mainly acknowledged for her invention of the colour gauge and non-reflecting or “invisible” glass. Born in Schenectady, New York on January 10, 1898, Katharine or Katie (her nickname) was the second child of Katharine Burr and
Karl Landsteiner, was an Austrian-born American immunologist, physician and pathologist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930 for Physiology or Medicine for detecting the major blood groups and creating the ABO system of blood typing that revolutionized the process of blood transfusion and medical practice related to it. Born in 1868 in Vienna, Austria,
Justus von Liebig was a German chemist, who is widely credited as one of the founders of agricultural chemistry. He made crucial contributions to the analysis of organic compounds, and, in his early years, also published several works on the use of inorganic fertilizers in several languages. He discovered that nitrogen was an essential plant
Joseph Priestley was an English scientist, philosopher,theologian and clergyman who authored more than 150 publications. He is noted for his groundbreaking contributions to experimental chemistry, electricity and the chemistry of gases, as well as his extraordinary work regarding liberal political and religious thought. Born at Birstall Fieldhead, England, Joseph Priestley proved to be a very
Sir Joseph Banks was an eminent English naturalist, explorer and botanist, noted for his promotion of natural sciences. He also remains the longest serving president of the Royal Society of London. Born in London on January 4, 1743, in a rich family, Joseph Banks inherited a sizeable fortune when his father, William Banks, a famous
“Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and Nature in marking man’s papers will grade him for wisdom as measured both by survival and by the quality of life of those who survive.” This famous saying is by Jonas Salk, born in New York City on October 28, 1914, who is among the most
John Neumann was a pioneer of the application of operator theory to quantum mechanics, in the development of functional analysis. Along with Teller and Stanislaw Ulam, John Neumann worked out key steps in the nuclear physics involved in thermonuclear reactions and the hydrogen bomb. John Neumann wrote 150 published papers in his life; 60 in
John Ray was a highly influential English naturalist and botanist whose contributions to taxonomy are considered groundbreaking and historic. He is also well known in the world of botany for the establishment of species as the ultimate unit of taxonomy. Born in 1627 in a small village of Black Notley, Essex, John Ray’s father was
John Turberville Needham, more commonly known as John Needham, was an English naturalist and Roman Catholic cleric. He was the first clergyman to be appointed a fellow of the Royal Society of London. He is also noted for his theory of spontaneous generation and the scientific evidence he had presented to support it. Born in
John Napier was a very famous mathematician of his time and he was born in 1550 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was Sir Archibald Napier. Logarithms and the decimals’ modern notations were introduced by him. He was very bright and he got admitted in the University of St. Andrews only when he was thirteen years
John Logie Baird was a very famous Scottish inventor who was born in 1888 in Scotland. He played a vital role in the invention of the television and it was his invention of photomechanical television that broadcast the transmission live for the first time ever. He studied at the University of Glasgow and also at
John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, often considered as one of the greatest and most influential Enlightenment thinkers in history.Born in Somerset, England in 1932, John Locke’s father was a prominent country lawyer. He was raised in a rural house in Belluton. Locke attended the famous Westminster School in London, and was later
The scientific field has witnessed the emergence of many great physicists and chemists, but it is incomplete without the mention of the great British chemist, meteorologist and physicist John Dalton. His tremendous efforts led to the evolution of modern atomic theory. He was the first person to record colour blindness. He also carried out his
John Bardeen was an eminent American physicist, who won the Nobel Prize twice. In 1956, with fellow scientists William B. Shockley and Walter H. Brattainhe, Bardeen shared the award for the invention of the transistor. He received the award for the second time in 1972, with Leon N. Cooper and John R. Schrieffer, for formulating