Can you name the some famous scientists?

created by misslyss8893
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  • all info from the 2006 world almanac for kids
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287bc-212bcgreek mathematician and inventor who discovered that heavy objects could be moved using pulleys and levers.
1473-1543polish scientist who is known as the founder of modern astronomy. he came up with the theory that the earth revolved around the sun
1642-1727british scientist who worked out the basic laws of motion and gravity. he also showed that sunlight is made up of all the colors of the rainbow.
1809-1882british scientist who is best known for his theory of evolution by natural selection
1864-1943born in missouri of slave parents became world famous for his agricultural research... including peanuts
1879-1955german american physicist who developed revolutionary theories about the relationships between time, space, matter, and energy
1907-1964us biologist and leading environmentalist whose 1962 book SILENT SPRING warned that chemicals used to kill pests were killing harmless wildlife
1934-nowbritish scientist who is a leading authority on chimpanzee behavior
1942-nowbritish scientist and leading authority on black holes. impaired
1955-nowspace scientist who is deputy project scientist for the current CASSINI mission to saturn
1957-nowamerican paleontologist who has traveled over much of the world to discover and study dinosaur fossils
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some famous scientists Quiz

  1. by misslyss8893
  • Created Feb 13, 2011 in Science
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