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Vojtech Alexander (Slovak), Alexander Béla (Hungarian) (1857, Késmárk – 1916, Budapest) was a Slovak radiologist, one of the most influential radiologists in the world.
David Colquhoun, FRS FBPhS (born 19 July 1936) is a British pharmacologist at University College London (UCL). He has contributed to the general theory of receptor and synaptic mechanisms, and particular the theory and practice of single ion channel
Professor Sir Ludwig “Poppa” Guttmann, CBE, FRS (3 July 1899 – 18 March 1980) was a German-born British neurologist who established the Paralympic Games in England. The Jewish doctor, who had fled Nazi Germany just before the start of the Second Wo
Hugh Herr (born October 25, 1964) is an American rock climber, engineer, and biophysicist.
Dimitrij Andrusov (November 7, 1897 – April 1, 1976) was a Slovak geologist, member of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. He was first professor of geology on Slovak colleges. He is considered the founder of modern Slovak geology.
Benjamin Shapira (Hebrew: בנימין שפירא; 10 June 1913 – 1993) was an Israeli biochemist.
Richard Ewen Borcherds (/ˈbɔrtʃərdz/; born 29 November 1959) is a British mathematician currently working in quantum field theory. He is known for his work in lattices, number theory, group theory, and infinite-dimensional algebras, for which he
Eduardo Moacyr Krieger (born June 27, 1928, Cerro Largo, Rio Grande do Sul) is an influential Brazilian physician, physiologist and scientific leader, current president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
Isabella Helen Lugoski Karle (born December 2, 1921) is an American x-ray crystallographer. In 1969 she established the structure of venom extracted from South American frogs. This was followed in 1975 with the structure of valinomycin.
Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria (Greek: ) (c. 10–70 AD) was an ancient Greek mathematician and engineer who was active in his native city of Alexandria, Roman Egypt. He is considered the greatest experimenter of antiquity and his work is representati
Anne Marie Treisman (born 27 February 1935 in Wakefield, Yorkshire) is a psychologist at Princeton University’s Department of Psychology. She researches visual attention, object perception, and memory. One of her most influential ideas is the feature