The German physicist and mechanical engineer Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen is hailed as the first to identify electromagnetic radiation in wavelength ranges, which are now known as X-rays. Even though other...
There have been many brilliant scientists to come out of Germany throughout the years, but Robert Heinrich Herman Koch stands out as one of the country’s all-time greats. Koch established...
Widely regarded as the ‘Founder of Contemporary Philosophy,” René Descartes sought to reinvent the curriculum in science by abandoning its established fundamental principles. He developed a philosophical system that includes...
In 1705, renowned English mathematician and physicist Isaac Newton was knighted by Queen of England Queen Anne. The Lincolnshire, England-born genius thus became the first scientist to be knighted. In...
Charles Robert Darwin, born on February 12, 1809, is remembered for producing one of the most radical scientific theories and what may still be the most highly controversial theory to...