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Notable Accomplishment Biologist
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Established that all species of life descended over time from a common ancestor Charles Darwin
89.8% One of the scientists who discovered the shape of a DNA molecule Francis Crick
75.2% Invented a method to stop milk and wine from causing sickness Louis Pasteur
70.6% Studied heredity in pea plants Gregor Mendel
68.8% Invented the Polio vaccine Jonas Salk
63.7% Researched alternative crops like peanuts and was an advocate for sustainable agriculture George Washington Carver
43.4% Codeveloped the aqua-lung and pioneered marine conservation Jacques Cousteau
41.6% Created the foundations for our modern binomial nomenclature and system of taxonomy Carl Linnaeus
33.4% Documented American birds and created detailed illustrations featuring birds in their natural habitat John James Audubon
33.3% Brought attention to the dangers of using synthetic pesticides; wrote Silent Spring Rachel Carson
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Notable Accomplishment Biologist
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Discovered the citric acid cycle in cellular respiration Hans Adolf Krebs
33% Used x-ray diffraction to establish the double helix shape of DNA Rosalind Franklin
33% Created an early classification system for organisms Aristotle
28.9% Studied gorilla behavior in their natural habitat Dian Fossey
27.2% Popularized a gene-centered view of evolution and studies animal behavior and its relation to natural selection Richard Dawkins
20.3% Came up with the word 'cell' to describe the basic unit of living things Robert Hooke
20% Described four criteria (postulates) that helped show the relationship between a microbe and a disease Robert Koch
16.9% Developed the first light microscope Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
15.4% Contributed the theory of punctuated equilibrium Stephen Jay Gould
14.8% Designed experiments to refute spontaneous generation Francesco Redi
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