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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
90.1% One of the scientists who discovered the shape of a DNA molecule Francis Crick
76.2% Invented a method to stop milk and wine from causing sickness Louis Pasteur
70.2% Studied heredity in pea plants Gregor Mendel
69.9% Invented the Polio vaccine Jonas Salk
61.8% Researched alternative crops like peanuts and was an advocate for sustainable agriculture George Washington Carver
43% Codeveloped the aqua-lung and pioneered marine conservation Jacques Cousteau
39.7% Discovered the citric acid cycle in cellular respiration Hans Adolf Krebs
34.3% Created the foundations for our modern binomial nomenclature and system of taxonomy Carolus Linnaeus
32.9% Documented American birds and created detailed illustrations featuring birds in their natural habitat John James Audubon
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Notable Accomplishment Biologist
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Brought attention to the dangers of using synthetic pesticides; wrote Silent Spring Rachel Carson
32% Used x-ray diffraction to establish the double helix shape of DNA Rosalind Franklin
31.8% Created an early classification system for organisms Aristotle
28.3% Studied gorilla behavior in their natural habitat Dian Fossey
24.1% Popularized a gene-centered view of evolution and studies animal behavior and its relation to natural selection Richard Dawkins
20% Came up with the word 'cell' to describe the basic unit of living things Robert Hooke
19.5% Described four criteria (postulates) that helped show the relationship between a microbe and a disease Robert Koch
16.7% Developed the first light microscope Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
14.4% Contributed the theory of punctuated equilibrium Stephen Jay Gould
14.1% Designed experiments to refute spontaneous generation Francesco Redi
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