100 Scientists: The Most Influential Scientists in History: The Most Influential Scientists in History

Author: John Simmons
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The scientists introduced in this book are all titans of science, whose profound and inevitable influence on the development of the modern world is undeniable. They formulated the laws of motion, discovered the principles of electricity, and elucidated atomic structure. They broke down substances into elements and found the existence of elements on the sun, moon, celestial bodies, and even deep within the Earth. By studying fossils of plants and animals, they established the theory of evolution. Through research on green peas, white-eyed fruit flies, and X-rays, they developed a genetic theory based on cells, which later expanded to molecules. Now, after centuries of exploring the microscopic world, scientists have discovered how single-celled organisms evolved from bacteria and that both are ancestors of humans. Moreover, what is even more significant is that they identified the unconscious and conscious potential scales of human speech, elucidating the nature of the fundamental elements of emotional development, language, and global culture. The scientists listed in this book are renowned for discovering new aspects of nature, not for applying these discoveries to other fields. Due to this shared and useful distinction, great inventors and engineers have been excluded from The 100 Greatest Scientists.