Black, Joseph

Black, Joseph (1728-1799), a Scottish physician and chemist, first explained the nature of... More >>

Boyle, Robert

Boyle, Robert (1627-1691), an Irish scientist, is considered the founder of modern chemistry. He... More >>

Cannizzaro, Stanislao

Cannizzaro, Stanislao, KAN uh ZAH roh or KAHN need DZAH roh, STAH neez LAH oh (1826-1910), was an... More >>

Cornforth, Sir John

Cornforth, Sir John (1917-...), an Australian chemist, shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry... More >>

Crutzen, Paul Josef

Crutzen, Paul Josef (1933-...), a Dutch chemist, discovered that certain compounds of nitrogen... More >>

Debye, Peter Joseph William

Debye, deh BY, Peter Joseph William (1884-1966), a Dutch-born American physicist and chemist, won... More >>

Geber

Geber, JEE buhr (721?-815?), had a reputation as a great Arab alchemist. His name in Arabic was... More >>

Giacconi, Riccardo

Giacconi, Riccardo (1931-...), an Italian-born American physicist, won a share of the 2002 Nobel... More >>

Hassel, Odd

Hassel, Odd (1897-1981), a Norwegian chemist, shared the 1969 Nobel Prize for chemistry with... More >>

Hevesy, Georg von

Hevesy, Georg von, HEH veh shee, geh AWRG vawn (1885-1966), won the 1943 Nobel Prize for... More >>

Heyrovsky, Jaroslav

Heyrovsky, Jaroslav, HAY rawf skee, YAH raw slahf (1890-1967), a Czechoslovak scientist, won the... More >>

Klug, Sir Aaron

Klug, Sir Aaron (1926-...), a Lithuanian-born British scientist, made important advances in... More >>

Leloir, Luis Federico

Leloir, Luis Federico, lay LWAHR, loo EES fay thay REE koh (1906-1987), a French-born Argentine... More >>

Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich

Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich, mehn duh LAY uhf, DMEE trih ih VAH nuh vihch (1834-1907), was a... More >>

Natta, Giulio

Natta, Giulio, NAHT tah, JOOL yoh (1903-1979), an Italian chemist, made important contributions... More >>