January 20, 2009 Science Source

Joseph Mayer and Maria Goeppert-Mayer, 1930. Joseph (1904-1983), a physical chemist, met theoretical physicist Maria Goeppert (1906-1972) at the Unive...

Irene Joliot-Curie (1897-1956), French nuclear physicist. Irene was the daughter of the famous nuclear physicist Marie Curie. She worked with her moth...

Irene Joliot-Curie (1897-1956), French nuclear physicist. Irene was the daughter of the famous nuclear physicist Marie Curie. She worked with her moth...

Chien-Shiung Wu. Historical portrait of Chinese-American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) in 1973. Born in China, Wu moved to the USA in 1936, be...

Chien-Shiung Wu. Historical portrait of Chinese-American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) in 1973. Born in China, Wu moved to the USA in 1936, be...

Chien-Shiung Wu. Historical portrait of Chinese-born American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) in 1958. She is working in her laboratory at New Y...

Chien-Shiung Wu. Historical portrait of Chinese-born American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) in 1958. She is working in her laboratory at New Y...

Chien-Shiung Wu. Historical portrait of Chinese-American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997). Born in China, Wu moved to the USA in 1936, becoming a...

Chien-Shiung Wu. Historical portrait of Chinese-American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997). Born in China, Wu moved to the USA in 1936, becoming a...

Chien-Shiung Wu. Historical portrait of Chinese-American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997), with a computer used in her experiments. Born in China...

Chien-Shiung Wu. Historical portrait of Chinese-American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997), with a computer used in her experiments. Born in China...

Marie Curie. Historical portrait of the Polish-French physicist Marie Curie (1867-1934, nee Marya Sklodowska). With her husband Pierre, she isolated t...

Marie Curie. Historical portrait of the Polish-French physicist Marie Curie (1867-1934, nee Marya Sklodowska). With her husband Pierre, she isolated t...

Marie Curie. Historical portrait of the Polish-French physicist Marie Curie (1867-1934, nee Marya Sklodowska). With her husband Pierre, she isolated t...

Marie Curie. Historical portrait of the Polish-French physicist Marie Curie (1867-1934, nee Marya Sklodowska). With her husband Pierre, she isolated t...

Marie Curie. Historical portrait of the Polish- French physicist Marie Curie (1867-1934, nee Marya Sklodowska). With her husband Pierre, she isolated...

Marie Curie. Historical portrait of the Polish-French physicist Marie Curie (1867-1934, nee Marya Sklodowska). With her husband Pierre, she isolated t...

Marie Curie (1867-1934) was a Polish-French chemist and physicist and a pioneer of radiology. She was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes (ch...

Marie Curie in her laboratory. Curie (1867-1934) was a Polish-French chemist and physicist and a pioneer of radiology. She was the first person to rec...

Portrait of Marie Curie in her laboratory. Curie (1867-1934) was a Polish-French chemist and physicist and a pioneer of radiology. She was the first p...

These three were among the thousands of people who camped on beaches and roads adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center to watch the Apollo launch. An est...

The Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins, wearing sombreros and ponchos, are swarmed by thousands in Mex...

Ibn Sina, also known by his latinized name, Avicenna (980-1037), was a Persian Muslim philosopher, physician and scientist. He authored books on many...

Gerolamo Cardano (1501-1576) was an Italian mathematician, physician, astrologer, and gambler, best known for his work in algebra. Colored Version of...

No. 385 woodcut from Bradwardine's Very Scarce Arithmetic. Bradwardine (1290-1349), known as the "Profound Doctor," was one of the earliest English ma...

Portrait of Pythagoras taken from a portion of a fresco by Raphael. The Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras made very important development...

Mathematics is the body of knowledge concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change, and also the academic discipline that studies them. Mathem...

Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594). Mercator's most enduring contribution was his Mercator Projection, or Mercator Chart. The Mercator P...

Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594). Mercator's most enduring contribution was his Mercator Projection, or Mercator Chart. The Mercator P...

David Brewster (1781-1868), Scottish physicist. Brewster was a child prodigy, and studied for the ministry of the Church of Scotland. Because he was a...

Nicola Tesla revealing the virtues of alternating current electricity. Colored Version of BD5977.

Illustration of a lightning rod, installed by Benjamin Franklin to test his theories on electricity and metal, on banker Benjamin West's home in Phila...

Illustration of one of Otto von Guericke's experiments for proving the law of horror vacui, which says that a vacuum exists and that air has weight. C...

Illustration of Pierre Curie (1859-1906), a French physicist renowned for his study of crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity, and radioactivity...

Illustration of Pierre Curie (1859-1906), a French physicist renowned for his study of crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity, and radioactivity...

Euclid of Alexandria was a Hellenistic Greek mathematician who lived circa 300 BC. He is known as the "Father of Geometry," best known for his book "E...

Portrait of Carl Linnaeus (1707 - 1778), a Swedish botanist. Linnaeus was the founder of the modern taxonomy, or the classification system for animals...

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was an English philosopher who defended the Scientific Revolution. In his most important work, Novum Organum, he proposed a...

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was an English philosopher who defended the Scientific Revolution. In his most important work, Novum Organum, he proposed a...

Dmitri Mendeleev (1834 - 1907), Russian chemist. Mendeleev is credited as a creator of the first version of the periodic table of (63) elements. He al...

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807 - 1873), Swiss-born American naturalist, paleontologist, zoologist, and geologist. Agassiz became known for his earl...

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807 - 1873), Swiss-born American naturalist, paleontologist, zoologist, and geologist. Agassiz became known for his earl...

Illustration of the pathways of the human lung. The vertical column is the trachea, its large offshoots are the bronchi, and the tiny vessels are the...

Illustration of the pathways of the human lung. The vertical column is the trachea, its large offshoots are the bronchi, and the tiny vessels are the...

Illustration of the pathways of the human lung. The vertical column is the trachea, its large offshoots are the bronchi, and the tiny vessels are the...

Illustration of the pathways of the human lung. The vertical column is the trachea, its large offshoots are the bronchi, and the tiny vessels are the...

Illustration of the pathways of the human lung. The vertical column is the trachea, its large offshoots are the bronchi, and the tiny vessels are the...

Illustration of the pathways of the human lung. The vertical column is the trachea, its large offshoots are the bronchi, and the tiny vessels are the...

Illustration of a healthy pair of human lungs attached to the trachea.

Illustration of a healthy pair of human lungs attached to the trachea.