Biography

Biography of Willard Libby Willard Libby – American physical chemist. Name: Willard Frank Libby Date of Birth: December 17, 1908 Place of Birth: Grand Valley,…

Biography of Roger Wolcott Sperry Roger Wolcott Sperry – American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and Nobel laureate. Name: Roger Wolcott Sperry Date of Birth: August 20, 1913…

Biography of Robert Burns Woodward Robert Burns Woodward – American organic chemist. Name: Robert Burns Woodward Date of Birth: April 10, 1917 Place of Birth:…

Biography of Ernst Mayr Ernst Mayr – German-American biologists. Name: Ernst Walter Mayr Date of Birth: July 5, 1904 Place of Birth: Kempten, Bavaria, Germany…

Biography of Henrietta Swan Leavitt Henrietta Swan Leavitt – American astronomer. Name: Henrietta Swan Leavitt Date of Birth: July 4, 1868 Place of Birth: Lancaster,…

Biography of Luis Walter Alvarez Luis Walter Alvarez – American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor. Name: Luis Walter Alvarez Date of Birth: June 13, 1911…

Biography of Eugene Wigner Eugene Wigner – Hungarian-American theoretical physicist, engineer, and mathematician. Name: Eugene Paul “E. P.” Wigner Date of Birth: November 17, 1902…

Biography of David Bohm David Bohm – American scientist. Name: David Joseph Bohm Date of Birth: December 20, 1917 Place of Birth: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United…

Biography of Hans Bethe Hans Bethe – German-American nuclear physicist. Name: Hans Albrecht Bethe Date of Birth: July 2, 1906 Place of Birth: Strasbourg, Germany…

Biography of Barbara McClintock Barbara McClintock – American scientist and cytogeneticist. Name: Barbara McClintock Date of Birth: June 16, 1902 Place of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut,…

Biography of John Archibald Wheeler John Archibald Wheeler – American theoretical physicist. Name: John Archibald Wheeler Date of Birth: July 9, 1911 Place of Birth:…

Biography of John Bardeen John Bardeen – American physicist and electrical engineer. Name: John Bardeen Date of Birth: May 23, 1908 Place of Birth: Madison,…