My work in mathematics two thousand years ago still holds up, and I also found time to invent cool stuff like the compound pulley.
I wrote on many subjects, was a member of Plato's Academy, and even was tutor to Alexander the Great.
Can you hear me now? I patented the first practical telephone.
I was born into slavery, and my work on crops, especially the peanut, was done to aid poor farmers where cotton had depleted the soil.
I formulated a heliocentric model of the universe, which revolutionized science, even though it was a bit slow to catch on.
I am the only scientist to win the Nobel Prize in two branches of science.
My chronicle of the 5-year voyage aboard the HMS Beagle made me famous, but my later writings made me one of the most controversial figures in science.
Imagine your life without my contributions: no phonograph, no movie camera, no practical light bulb. That's why I'm the 'Wizard of Menlo Park.'
Relatively speaking, my work in a Swiss patent office evaluating applications for electro-mechanical devices had some influence on my later work.
Though little is known of my life, I am the 'Father of Geometry,' and my work 'Elements' is one of the most influential in the history of mathematics.
I popularized the Hindu-Arabic numerals we use today, and introduced the number sequence that bears my name to the West.
I made huge discoveries about electromagnetism. Just don't try to make a call on your cell phone while in the cage named after me.
As a scientist, I conducted experiments in electricity; as an inventor, I invented the lightning rod; as a statesman, I am a revered Founding Father.
My work on X-ray diffraction images of DNA was essential for the discovery of the double-helix structure, though I died of cancer before it was proven.
The four largest moons of Jupiter are collectively named after me.
I am the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, having studied their social interactions in the wild for 55 years.
At 21, I was given 2 years to live. Instead, I lived to age 76 and became one of the most famous physicists of all time.
I developed the Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Mechanics. I did not cook meth in a trailer.
I developed the laws of planetary motion, which proved influential to later scientists and mathematicians.
I'm known as the 'Father of Modern Chemistry,' and I wrote the first extensive list of chemical elements.
Though I am most famous as a painter, my varied interests - including in science and mathematics - and inventions make me a true Renaissance Man.
Though my father was a famous poet and notorious rake, I studied mathematics and am regarded as the first computer programmer.
I am considered to be the inventor of commercially successful radio.
My experiments with pea plants established many of the rules of genetic heredity.
Though my work in gravity, optics, and mathematics is crucial, the average person remembers me for the apocryphal story of being bonked on the head by an apple.
My experiments provided significant evidence for the germ theory of disease, and I developed the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax.
I originated quantum theory, which has revolutionized our understanding of the universe and subatomic world.
My cat is is both dead and alive.
I am the AC to Edison's DC, and though I fell into relative obscurity after my death, my reputation today is as a true genius.
I am considered the father of theoretical computer science, and my work in breaking the Nazi codes is credited with shortening World War II.
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