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David Hilbert Biography

Brief biography of mathematician David Hilbert, who introduced the concepts of formalism into mathematics and the Invariant Theory. more...

Kepler and the Star of Bethlehem

German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler came up with a planetary conjecture of planets Jupiter and Saturn, he called The Star of Bethlehem. more...

Scientist Linus Pauling Biography

Brief biography of chemist Linus Pauling, so far the only Nobel laureate of two unshared Nobel Prizes, Chemistry and Peace, and known for The Nature of the Chemical Bond. more...

Scientist James Lovelock Brief Biography

Brief biography of English scientist James Lovelock who introduced the Gaia hypothesis that the Earth is a single living organism evolving to sustain itself. more...

Theory of Theodor Kaluza and Oskar Klein

Brief biographies and work of physicists Theodor Kaluza and Oskar Klein, who conceived the idea of the higher level fifth-dimension of unifying forces. more...

Henry Ford Brief Biography

Brief biography of American car maker and automobile industrialist, Henry Ford, developed a working gasoline automobile, Model T, and founder of Ford Motors. more...

Thomas Alva Edison Biography

Brief biography of inventor Thomas Alva Edison who had more than 1,000 patents, constructed a film studio and discovered the Edison Effect. more...

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Henry K. Beecher and Informed Consent

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Following the publication of his first article on human experimentation, Henry K. Beecher returned to the problem of informed consent in a 1962 editorial. more...

The Evolution of an Ethicist

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

In 1959, Henry K. Beecher published the first of a series of articles on the ethics of human experimentation. more...

Biography of Henry K. Beecher

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Henry K. Beecher is best remembered for his landmark 1966 article on human experimentation, but his early life and training gave little hint of what was to come. more...

Biography of Alan Turing – Creator of Computing

By: Feature Writer Martin P Wilson

Alan Turing was one of Britain's greatest thinkers of the 20th century who defined modern computing and artificial intelligence. He has subsequently become a gay icon. more...

Dr. William Buchan and Domestic Medicine

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Colonial era medicine relied on a combination of local herbal remedies and European textbook cures, until William Buchan published a practical medical book for home use. more...

The World's Greatest Scientists

By: George Garza

The great scientists in history either changed the world, their science or both. This group of top scientists made a big impact on their science. more...

5 Greatest Scientists in History

By: George Garza

No bigger impact can be felt by these men who created or changed the scientific world. These great scientific thinkers affected the thinking of the human race as well. more...

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