Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a NASA astronaut. He has logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in jet aircraft.Allen was selec

Is a NASA astronaut. He has logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in jet aircraft.Allen was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967 as a member of the second group of scientist-astronauts. He completed flight training at Vance Air Forc

Is a physician and former NASA astronaut. Kerwin was the first physician ever to be selected to be a

Is a physician and former NASA astronaut. Kerwin was the first physician ever to be selected to be an astronaut.Born in Oak Park, Illinois, he graduated from Fenwick High School, a private school in Oak Park, in 1949. He received a bachelor of arts degree

A Polish-born and British-naturalised physicist. His work on nuclear fallout was a major

A Polish-born and British-naturalised physicist. His work on nuclear fallout was a major

German optician. He is known for the discovery of the dark absorption lines known as Fraunhofer line

German optician. He is known for the discovery of the dark absorption lines known as Fraunhofer lines in the Sun's spectrum, and for making excellent optical glass and achromatic telescope objectives.

Was a French archaeologist and Canon of Belley. He studied at the petit séminaire of Belley and bec

Was a French archaeologist and Canon of Belley. He studied at the petit séminaire of Belley and became a professor there in 1832. He was curate later at Cressy and afterwards a parish priest of Arbignieu.

Was an Austrian naturalist.Laurenti was the author of Specimen Medicum, Exhibens Synopsin Reptilium

Was an Austrian naturalist.Laurenti was the author of Specimen Medicum, Exhibens Synopsin Reptilium Emendatam cum Experimentis circa Venena (1768) on the poisonous function of reptiles and amphibians. This was an important book in herpetology, defining thirty kinds of reptiles. Carolus Linnaeus's Systema Naturae of 1758 defined only ten kinds

American molecular biologist known for his work in genetics, artificial intelligence, and space expl

American molecular biologist known for his work in genetics, artificial intelligence, and space exploration.

Was a Serbian epidemiologist, infectologist, and physician famous for contributing significantly to

Was a Serbian epidemiologist, infectologist, and physician famous for contributing significantly to the works of Robert Koch. Aftering being informed of an error in his works, Koch wrote "[Cokor] saved humanity from a huge epidemic."

Was one of the greatest Serbian mathematicians of the 20th century.His family's business affairs on

Was one of the greatest Serbian mathematicians of the 20th century.His family's business affairs on the borders of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires were very well known. In 1914, he finished most of his primary school in Zemun but because of const

Was an anthropologist, known as a founder of geology in Serbia.He is known, among other things, for

Was an anthropologist, known as a founder of geology in Serbia.He is known, among other things, for his work in anthropology. In his book, Stone Age, published in 1893, relying mostly on French scientists, he reviewed the contemporary state of knowledge i

Was a US psychologist, best remembered for his psychometric study of human intelligence, including t

Was a US psychologist, best remembered for his psychometric study of human intelligence, including the important distinction between convergent and divergent production.Developing the views of L. L. Thurstone, Guilford rejected Charles Spearman's view that intelligence could be characterized in a single numerical parameter and proposed that three dimensions were necessary for accurate description: content, operations, and productions.Promoted to Chief of the Psychological Research Unit at the U.S. Army Air Forces Training Command Headquarters in Fort Worth, Guilford oversaw the "Stanines Project," which identified eight specific intellectual abilities crucial to flying a plane. (Stanines, now a common term in educational psychology, was coined during Guilford's project). Over the course of World War II, Guilford's use of these eight factors in the development of the two-day Classification Test Battery was significant in increasing graduation rates for aircrew trainees

Was a syndicated astrologer, talk show host and television and musical theatre actress. At the time

Was a syndicated astrologer, talk show host and television and musical theatre actress. At the time of her death, her column was syndicated to over 200 publications.

Was an Argentine sociologist, specializing in the study of the works of Antonio Gramsci.He graduated

Was an Argentine sociologist, specializing in the study of the works of Antonio Gramsci.He graduated in Sociology from the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), and went into exile during the Proceso Militar (1976–1983) because of threats received. He relocated to Mexico, where he founded the Controversia journal.

Was a Croatian-born Argentine anthropologist and police official who pioneered the use of fingerprin

Was a Croatian-born Argentine anthropologist and police official who pioneered the use of fingerprinting.In 1891 Vucetich began the first filing of fingerprints based on ideas of Francis Galton which he expanded significantly. He became the director of the Center for Dactyloscopy in Buenos Aires. At the time, he included the Bertillon system alongside the fingerprint files.

A Finnish educational researcher, and public intellectual. He holds Professorship in Adult Education

A Finnish educational researcher, and public intellectual. He holds Professorship in Adult Education at the University of Tampere in his hometown. Previously he has worked as Professor of Education at the University of Lapland in 1997-2004, and Professor of Adult Education at the University of Joensuu in 2004-2006. He is also Adjunct Professor in Music Education (Sibelius Academy, Finland), and in media education (see: media literacy) (University of Tampere, Finland).

Was a founder of a religious sect named after him (the Maltsvetians) in Estonia. Juhan Leinberg was

Was a founder of a religious sect named after him (the Maltsvetians) in Estonia. Juhan Leinberg was born in Järvamaa, Norra parish. In his youth he was a farmer, miller, barkeeper and seller in Tallinn. In 1854 he started holding preachings in Northern Es

Was a French historian. He was born in Paris to a family with Huguenot traditions.His father was a m

Was a French historian. He was born in Paris to a family with Huguenot traditions.His father was a master printer, not very prosperous, and Jules assisted him in the actual work of the press. A place was offered him in the imperial printing office, but hi

Was a French entomologist.Rambur was born in Chinon. He studied the insect fauna of Corsica and Anda

Was a French entomologist.Rambur was born in Chinon. He studied the insect fauna of Corsica and Andalusia. He was the author of Histoire naturelle des insectes (1842). He died in Geneva.

Was a French explorer and naval officer, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New

Was a French explorer and naval officer, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica.

Was an American psychologist, best known for his book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown o

Was an American psychologist, best known for his book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976), in which he argued that ancient peoples were not conscious (did not possess an introspective mind-space), but instead had their behavior directed by auditory hallucinations, which they interpreted as the voice of their chief, king, or the gods. Jaynes argued that the change from this mode of thinking (which he called the bicameral mind) to consciousness occurred over a period of centuries about three thousand years ago and was based on the development of metaphorical language and the emergence of writing.

American theoretical physicist. He formulated the theory of renormalization and posited a phenomenon

American theoretical physicist. He formulated the theory of renormalization and posited a phenomenon of electron-positron pairs known as the Schwinger effect.

Is an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) who currently works primarily with NASA. Payett

Is an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) who currently works primarily with NASA. Payette is a French Canadian, who is fluent in English. She also speaks Spanish, German, Italian and Russian.[1] She is married with 2 children.[2] She also play

Was a German entomologist.He was co-editor, with Ernst Friedrich Germar of Magazin der Entomologie H

Was a German entomologist.He was co-editor, with Ernst Friedrich Germar of Magazin der Entomologie Hendel & Son. Halle. also known as Germar's Magazine in which he wrote many articles and described new species and genera especially in the Tineidae.

He was contemporary and competitor of Dmitri Mendeleev to draw up the first periodic table of chemic

He was contemporary and competitor of Dmitri Mendeleev to draw up the first periodic table of chemical elements. Some five years apart, both Mendeleev and Meyer worked with Robert Bunsen.

French-German Assyriologist, was born at Hamburg, of Jewish parents. After studying at Heidelberg, B

French-German Assyriologist, was born at Hamburg, of Jewish parents. After studying at Heidelberg, Bonn and Berlin, he graduated at Kiel in 1847; and the next year went to France, where he was teacher of German at Laval and at Reims. His leisure was given to Oriental studies, in which he had made great progress in Germany.