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History of Science, Medicine, & Technology: Historians, Scientists & Inventors

Welcome to the History of Science, Medicine,and Technology research guide. This guide will direct you to resources on the topic of discovery and innovation in science, medicine, and technology.

Historians

  • Abraham Wolf, historian of ideas and science
  • A.C. Crombie , history of science (Alistair Cameron Crombie)
  • Reverand William Whewell, historian of science
  • Sir William Osler, medical historian
  • David Franklin Noble, technology and science
  • Noel Needham, history of Chinese science and technology
  • A. Hunter Dupree, science and technology

Notable Scientists

  • Michael Faraday
    Known for his study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry
  • Archimedes
    Greek mathematician, engineer, physicist, inventory and astronomer
  • James Clerk Maxwell
    Mathematical physics. Considered a founder of the modern field of electrical engineering
  • Sir Isaac Newton
    Mathematician, astronomer, physicist
  • Stephen Hawking
    Physicist, cosmologist, author
  • Albert Einstein 
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  • Marie Curie
    Physicist, Chemist
  • Carl Sagan
    Astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist

Inventors

  • John Gutenberg
  • Sir Isaac Newton
  • Alexander Graham Bell
  • Thomas Edison
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Nikola Tesla
  • Leonard da Vinci
  • George Washington Carver
  • Wright Brothers
  • Eli Whitney
  • Garrett Morgan
  • Albert Einstein
  • Samuel Morse
  • Madam C. J. Walker
  • Tim Berners-Lee
  • Hedy Lamarr
  • Robert Fulton

Famous Physicans

  • Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
  • Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893)
  • Edward Jenner (1749-1823)
  • Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
  • Sir Joseph Lister (1827-1912)
  • Sir William Osler (1849-1919)