American scientist who was the first physicist to propose that our universe originated as a quantum fluctuation of the vacuum. He is a professor emeritus…
German athlete and tennis player who competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in men’s doubles. In 1897, Traun took part…
Norwegian political scientist and professor of political science at the University of Oslo from 1970 to 1988. Torgersen died on 20 March 2006 in Oslo,…
Italian scientist of botany.
French historian, anthropologist, demographer, sociologist and political scientist at the National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED) in Paris. His research examines the different types of…
French political scientist, historian and politician, best known for “Democracy in America,” 4 vol, 1835-40, a perceptive analysis of the U.S. political and social system…
Scottish geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa. Thomson’s Gazelle and Thomson’s Falls, Nyahururu are named for him. Excelling…
British mathematical physicist and engineer who profoundly influenced the scientific thought of his generation. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the…
American etcher who married noted scientist Paul Terasaki in 1954. They both were Nisei generation, their parents having emigrated from Japan, and they had in…
American scientist in the field of human organ transplant technology, and professor emeritus of surgery at UCLA School of Medicine. He spent three high school…
American scientist, businessman, and art collector, a first-generation Italian-American, who earned a chemical engineering degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1931, and founded Lawter Chemicals…
American child development and prevention research scientist, specializing in bullying prevention, school climate, and connecting education policy to healthy youth development. She was the Research…
French astrologer, who came to international attention when her 900-page thesis on astrology was accepted by the Sorbonne’s doctoral program in sociology. Mme. Teissier was…
Venezuelan doctor, scientist, politician and Minister of Health and Social Assistance. Tejera was Venezuelan diplomat in several countries and chaired several health institutions, including Venezuelan…
American scientist, psychologist and researcher in atomics. As a research scientist he received a Ph.D. in psychology before entering the field of atomics and scientific…
French medical doctor and the pre-eminent forensic medical scientist of the mid-19th century. Tardieu’s specialties were forensic medicine and toxicology. Over his 23-year career, Tardieu…
Belgian social scientist (PhD, 1845), who taught from 1860 to 1862, and then was dean at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Free…
German physician and scientist who used white clay from Germany to treat a deadly form of Asian cholera, diphtheria, gangrene, ulcers of the tibia and…
American filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer, playwright, composer, businessman and inventor. Hollywood’s wonder-boy in the early ’40s who honed comedy perfectly into the common touch along…
German mathematician and mechanical engineering scientist, who published works on screw surfaces, minimal surfaces, the movement of rigid bodies (including geometric kinematics of gears and…
German soil scientist who devoted himself mainly to the questions of soil type theory and developed methodically groundbreaking soil maps. He died on 29 April…
British scientist and sex reformer who was an author and crusader for better birth control in the U.K. With degrees in geology and botany and…
Norwegian neuroscientist known for his work on the morphology and immunocytochemistry of the central nervous system. He was a professor of medicine at the Department…
American astronomer, she is professor of physics at El Camino College in Redondo Beach, California, and staff scientist at Caltech, Santa Monica, California. She has…
Edward C. Stone: A Visionary in Space Science and Human Design Edward C. Stone, born in Knoxville, Iowa, on January 23, 1936, is a highly…
German pro astrologer and writer, a cultural scientist with studies of the subculture of pop and rock music and a publisher of esoteric material, astrology…
American electrical engineer, computer scientist and entrepreneur, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers who made key contributions in the areas of…
American psychologist, who founded Harvard’s Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, studying psychoacoustics. He is credited with the introduction of Stevens’ power law. Stevens authored a milestone textbook, the…
Lyman Spitzer: A Visionary American Scientist and His Human Design Journey Lyman Spitzer, born on June 26, 1914, in Toledo, Ohio, was an influential American…
American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and Nobel laureate who, together with David Hunter Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine…
German glaciologist, polar explorer and geoscientist who made an important contribution to glaciology with his glacier observations at Eismitte, a station in central Greenland. He…
Indian supermodel, actor, film producer, champion swimmer and fitness promoter. Soman moved from Scotland with his family to a place near London, England where he…
German economist and sociologist, the head of the “Youngest Historical School” and one of the leading Continental European social scientists during the first quarter of…
Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath, whose groundbreaking scientific books include The Mechanism of the Heavens (1831), On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences (1834), Physical…
Mieczysław Smorawiński – Polish Military Commander and Human Design Manifestor Mieczysław Smorawiński: A Polish Military Commander and Human Design Manifestor Mieczysław Smorawiński was a dedicated…
American scientist and academic administrator who served as the president of the University of Nebraska system from 1 March 1994 to June 2004. Smith’s original…
American scientist, a geologist, geophysicist and government consultant. Earning his Ph.D. in 1953, he taught on the faculty of the University of Nevada. The author…
Italian born Turkish scientist in the fields of theoretical chemistry and molecular biology. He became well known early in his career for his Many-Electron Theory…
American physicist and science educator who was deeply committed to educating the public and political leaders about science and its implications, most notably as a…
American social scientist, professor, author, jewish; 1978 nobel prize/economics, married once, three children. He died 9 February 2001. Link to Wikipedia biography
Italian astronomer and scientist who founded Asiago’s Astrophysical Observatory. His research contributed to classical astronomy, geodetic astronomy, gravimetry and photometry, making him internationally renowned. Graduated…
American prodigy, world famed by 14 for being an orator, philosopher, scientist and writer. Brilliant, she wrote and delivered a series of science lectures explaining…
French scientist who was Professor of Physics (pharmacy) and then Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Bordeaux. He became a Member of the Academy…
French underground explorer, adventurer and scientist. His many achievements include the creation of the French Institute of Speleology in 1962. Link to Wikipedia biography
German nautical scientist, professional astrologer and author. A committed student and collaborator of Alfred Witte, he was a proponent of Uranian Astrology and creator of…
American writer and educator, a prolific author and head of the Skeptic Society (www.skeptic.com). He lectures internationally when not at his university teaching post, Assistant…
American neuroscientist who carried out basic experimental and computational research on how neurons are organized into microcircuits to carry out the functional operations of the…