Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter S

An American ecologist. He is a Moffett Professor of Biology in the Department of Ecology and Evoluti

An American ecologist. He is a Moffett Professor of Biology in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Princeton University. He specializes in using mathematical modeling and empirical studies in the understanding of macroscopic patterns of ecosystems and biological diversities.Simon A. Levin is Moffett Professor of Biology at Princeton and the Director of the university’s Center for BioComplexity. His principal research interests are in understanding how macroscopic patterns and processes are maintained at the level of ecosystems and the biosphere, in terms of ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that operate primarily at the level of organisms, and in the interface between ecology and economics. Much of his work concerns the evolution of diversification, the mechanisms sustaining biological diversity in natural systems,

Was the wife and business partner of undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau. The first woman scuba

Was the wife and business partner of undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau. The first woman scuba diver, Simone was at Jacques's side during his major underwater accomplishments. She led him to the men and money who would build his scuba invention, she helped buy their beloved Calypso, saved the ship during a storm, and made sure each exploration achieved its objective.

American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930 he became the first American to be aw

American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930 he became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters.

A Japanese physicist, influential in the development of quantum electrodynamics, work for which he w

A Japanese physicist, influential in the development of quantum electrodynamics, work for which he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 along with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger.

British chemist and biophysicist, and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his developmen

British chemist and biophysicist, and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes.[1]

British physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

British physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

English physicist and Nobel laureate in physics awarded for his discovery of the neutron.

English physicist and Nobel laureate in physics awarded for his discovery of the neutron.

Was an Australian neurophysiologist who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his w

Was an Australian neurophysiologist who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. He shared the prize together with Andrew Fielding Huxley and Alan Lloyd Hodgkin.

1947 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [1] for his research on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids.

1947 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [1] for his research on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids. He was the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University from 1930 and a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.

He was ranked Joint First in The Telegraph's list of 100 greatest living geniuses, and following Alb

He was ranked Joint First in The Telegraph's list of 100 greatest living geniuses, and following Albert Hofmann's death he is now solely first. Berners-Lee is the director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which oversees the Web's continued development, and he is a senior researcher and holder of the 3Com Founders Chair at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial

Was an English explorer whose expeditionary team completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica

Was an English explorer whose expeditionary team completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica in 1958.Fuchs was the son of the German immigrant Ernst Fuchs from Jena and of his British wife Violet Watson. Fuchs was born in 1908 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, and attended Brighton College and St John's College, Cambridge. Fuchs was educated as a geologist, and considered the profession a means to pursue his interest in the outdoors. His first expedition was to Greenland in 1929 with his tutor James Wordie. After graduation in 1930, he traveled with a Cambridge University expedition to study the geology of east African lakes with respect to climate fluctuation. Next, he joined anthropologist Louis Leakey on an expedition to Olduvai Gorge. In 1933, Fuchs married his cousin, Joyce Connell. A world traveller in her own right, Joyce accompanied Vivian on his expedition to Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana) in 1934. The findings from this expedition, in which two of their companions were lost, brought Fuchs his Ph.D from Cambridge in 1937.

An Indian-American aerospace engineer. He is director of the Control Science Center of Excellence an

An Indian-American aerospace engineer. He is director of the Control Science Center of Excellence and senior scientist for Control Theory for the Air Vehicles Directorate at the United States Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He has taught at Wright State University, the University of Dayton, and the Air Force Institute of Technology.

Was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists and journalists. He distinguishe

Was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists and journalists. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style".

Was an American anthropologist. He is best known for his studies of the Sauk Indians, for "action-an

Was an American anthropologist. He is best known for his studies of the Sauk Indians, for "action-anthropological" research titled the Fox Project, and for founding the academic journal Current Anthropology. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1935.

Was a world-renowned American Gestalt psychologist and pioneer in social psychology. He was born in

Was a world-renowned American Gestalt psychologist and pioneer in social psychology. He was born in Warsaw which then belonged to the Russian Empire, and emigrated to the United States in 1920. He received his bachelor's degree from the College of the City of New York in 1928. At Columbia University, he received his master's degree in 1930 and Ph.D. in 1932. He was a professor of psychology at Swarthmore College for 19 years, working with psychologists including Wolfgang Köhler.He became famous in the 1950s, following experiments which showed that social pressure can make a person say something that is obviously incorrect.

Was a Chinese scientist and encyclopedist who lived during the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). He was

Was a Chinese scientist and encyclopedist who lived during the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). He was the author of an encyclopedia that covered a wide variety of technical subjects, including the use of gunpowder weapons.[1] Comparing him to the famous French encyclopedist, the British sinologist and historian Joseph Needham called Song Yingxing "the Diderot of China."[2]

Was a Serbian astronomer and historian. He is also known by his pen name of Leo Brenner.Among his wo

Was a Serbian astronomer and historian. He is also known by his pen name of Leo Brenner.Among his works he published Macedonia and Old Serbia in 1889, an ethnographic study. However he spent time in jail in 1893 due to some of his articles against the Aus

Is the monastic name of Priyanath Karar (also Preonath Karar), the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda. Sr

Is the monastic name of Priyanath Karar (also Preonath Karar), the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda. Sri Yukteswar was a Jyotisha (traditional astrologer), a yogi, and an exponent of the Bhagavad Gita and the Bible. He was a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya of Varanasi and a member of the Giri branch of the swami order. Yogananda styled Sri Yukteswar Jnanavatar, or "Incarnation of Wisdom".[1]

Was a prominent Bulgarian physician.His further research carried out in many institutes worldwide pr

Was a prominent Bulgarian physician.His further research carried out in many institutes worldwide proved that Bulgarian yogurt helps in the treatment of various diseases and conditions like infections, otic-rhino-laryngeal diseases, tuberculosis, stomach and intestine conditions, ulcers, some gynecologic diseases, fatigue, etc.

A British psychologist and paranormal researcher who is probably best known as the proponent of the

A British psychologist and paranormal researcher who is probably best known as the proponent of the hybrid-origin theory.After a brief stint as a scrap metal worker and as both a gymnastics teacher and the head of the English department at a comprehensive school, he was assigned as senior research Psychologist at the National Children's Bureau, where, as well as publishing many articles and papers he co-wrote an authoritative book on child psychology, Four Years On. During this time he was able to work with and study children from extremely varied social backgrounds, many with disturbing mental and physical disabilities that he believed help to formulate much off his early work.

A U.S. biochemist. He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972, for his work on ribonuclease and for c

A U.S. biochemist. He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972, for his work on ribonuclease and for contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the ribonuclease molecule.

Also known as Paul Skalich or Paulus Scalichius de Lika, was a Croatian encyclopedist, Renaissance h

Also known as Paul Skalich or Paulus Scalichius de Lika, was a Croatian encyclopedist, Renaissance humanist, and adventurer born in Zagreb, Croatia, and who lived part of his life in Germany.[1] His Croatian surname is also rendered in various other ways: e.g., in English, Skalich, Scalich, Scaliger; in Latin, Scalichius or Scaligius; and in Spanish, Scalitzius.

Was a NASA astronaut credited with conducting the first unscheduled extra-vehicular activity of the

Was a NASA astronaut credited with conducting the first unscheduled extra-vehicular activity of the space program. He was killed when the vintage World War II training aircraft he was piloting crashed near Earle, Arkansas.

A social psychologist at Yale University, Harvard University and the City University of New York. Wh

A social psychologist at Yale University, Harvard University and the City University of New York. While at Harvard, he conducted the small-world experiment (the source of the six degrees of separation concept), and while at Yale, he conducted the Milgram experiment on obedience to authority. He also introduced the concept of familiar strangers.

American psychologist who was born on April 15, 1922, to Nathan and Anna Schachter in Flushing, New

American psychologist who was born on April 15, 1922, to Nathan and Anna Schachter in Flushing, New York.He died on June 7, 1997 at his home in East Hampton, New York.