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Notable profile · Physicists

Albert Einstein

1879 – 1955 · German → Swiss → American

German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist widely held to be one of the greatest and most influential scientists of all time. Best known for developing the theory of relativi…

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Isaac Newton

1643 – 1727 · English

English mathematician and physicist whose laws of motion and universal gravitation shaped classical mechanics.

Sir Isaac Newton (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727) was an English mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revol…

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Marie Curie

1867 – 1934 · Polish → French

Polish-French physicist and chemist, pioneer of radioactivity and the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity — a term she coined.[cite:1]

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Notable profile · Computer scientists

Alan Turing

1912 – 1954 · British

English mathematician and logician, a founder of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.

Alan Turing (23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician and logician who was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science.[cite:1]

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Leonardo da Vinci

1452 – 1519 · Republic of Florence

Italian Renaissance polymath whose paintings and scientific notebooks embody the era's fusion of art and inquiry

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose achievements in painting, science, and engineering made him one of the most influential figures of Western culture.[cite:1] Though he completed r…

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Niels Bohr

1885 – 1962 · Danish

Danish physicist who founded the modern model of the atom and shaped the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Niels Bohr (7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory.[cite:1]

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Max Planck

1858 – 1947 · German

German theoretical physicist and originator of quantum theory.

Max Planck (23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.[cite:1]

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Notable profile · Computer scientists

Ada Lovelace

1815 – 1852 · British

English mathematician regarded as the first computer programmer for her work on the Analytical Engine.

Ada Lovelace (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed Analytical Engine.[cite:1]

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