Galileo Galilei
The “father of modern science” whose telescopic observations supported the heliocentric model of the solar system.
Portrait by Ottavio Leoni. Detail.
Isaac Newton
The physicist who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, anchoring the Scientific Revolution.
copy of a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Thomas Alva Edison
The prolific inventor of the light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera.
Portrait of Edison by Abraham Archibald Anderson (1890), National Portrait Gallery
Louis Pasteur
The microbiologist who developed vaccines for rabies and anthrax and pioneered the process of pasteurization.
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Albert Einstein
The physicist who developed the theory of relativity, revolutionizing our understanding of space, time, and energy.
Photograph by Oren Jack Turner, Princeton
Marie Curie
The pioneering chemist and physicist who discovered radioactivity and became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a visionary Serbian-American inventor and engineer best known for developing the alternating current (AC) electrical system and his pioneering work in wireless communication.
Photographer: Dickenson V. Alley
