Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Is an Anglo-American astrophysicist and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six space shuttle missi

Is an Anglo-American astrophysicist and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six space shuttle missions and extended stays on both Mir and the International Space Station. He was the first Briton to perform a space walk, and until 17 April 2008, he held t

Was a Russian scientist who is credited with coining the word television in a paper read (in French)

Was a Russian scientist who is credited with coining the word television in a paper read (in French) at the International World Fair in Paris on 25 August 1900 at the 1st International Congress of Electricity which ran from 18 to 25 August.

A Belgian physiologist.

A Belgian physiologist.

Was a Dutch explorer who discovered a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia and managed to begin th

Was a Dutch explorer who discovered a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia and managed to begin the Dutch spice trade

Was a Finnish entomologist and governor of Viipuri province.From 1819 he served as the secretary to

Was a Finnish entomologist and governor of Viipuri province.From 1819 he served as the secretary to the Finnish Minister Secretary of State in Saint Petersburg. In 1833 he was appointed governor of the Vaasa Province and soon after of the Viipuri and Savo

Was a Greek[1] or Egyptian[2] inventor and mathematician in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt. He wrote th

Was a Greek[1] or Egyptian[2] inventor and mathematician in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt. He wrote the first treatises on the science of compressed air and its uses in pumps (and even a cannon). This, in combination with his work on the elasticity of air On pneumatics, earned him the title of "father of pneumatics." None of his written work has survived, including his Memorabilia, a compilation of his research that was cited by Athenaeus.

Is an Iranian-American leading string theorist from Harvard University where he started as a Harvard

Is an Iranian-American leading string theorist from Harvard University where he started as a Harvard Junior Fellow. He is a recipient of the 2008 Dirac Medal.

Is a former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force Colonel.Colonel Brown graduated from

Is a former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force Colonel.Colonel Brown graduated from East Bladen High School, Elizabethtown, North Carolina, in 1974 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the United States

English physical chemist.

English physical chemist.