Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter S

An American psychologist who founded Harvard's Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory and is credited with the i

An American psychologist who founded Harvard's Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory and is credited with the introduction of Stevens' power law. Stevens authored a milestone textbook, the 1400+ page "Handbook of Experimental Psychology" (1951). He was also one of the founding organizers of the Psychonomic Society. In 1946 he introduced a theory of levels of measurement often used by statisticians.

a licensed psychologist, attorney, practicing psychotherapist and the author of books and articles

a licensed psychologist, attorney, practicing psychotherapist and the author of books and articles on the subject of alcoholism, addiction and addiction treatment.

Was a Romanian scientist, one of the precursors of cybernetics. His major work, Psychologie consonan

Was a Romanian scientist, one of the precursors of cybernetics. His major work, Psychologie consonantiste, first published in 1938 and 1939, in Paris, had established many of the major themes of cybernetics regarding cybernetics and systems thinking ten years before the work of Norbert Wiener was published in 1948.

Was a Polish explorer of Africa. He was planning to create a Polish colony in Cameroon.Rogozinski wa

Was a Polish explorer of Africa. He was planning to create a Polish colony in Cameroon.Rogozinski was born in Kalisz, Russian partition of Poland. After a career in the Imperial Russian Navy, he organized an expedition to Africa with Klemens Tomczek and Leopold Janikowski. His Cameroon expedition lasted from 1882 to 1884. After his return, in 1895, he joined the Royal Geographical Society. In 1892-1893 he organized an expedition to Egypt.

Was a Russian explorer and geographer who gave the first full description of Kamchatka in the early

Was a Russian explorer and geographer who gave the first full description of Kamchatka in the early eighteenth century. He was elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1750. The Krasheninnikov Volcano on Kamchatka is named in his honor.

Is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew on her first mission in space onboard the Spa

Is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew on her first mission in space onboard the Space Shuttle mission STS-121, and is the second African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison.

A British occupational psychologist and psychometrician (based in St Albans, UK), who continues to c

A British occupational psychologist and psychometrician (based in St Albans, UK), who continues to contribute to psychology and psychometric testing.Blinkhorn is known for about half-a-dozen or more landmark papers, many, but not all, of which have taken the form of book reviews for Nature magazine, including: "Willow, Titwillow, Titwillow"[1] (a review of Herrnstein and Murray's The Bell Curve); "What skulduggery?"[2] (a review of Stephen Jay Gould's The Mismeasure of Man); and, more recently, "A gender bender",[3] (a critique on Paul Irwing and Richard Lynn's paper on sex and intelligence). Other papers have included speaking out about inappropriate use of the Rasch model,[4] and the misuse of personality tests[5][6]

Is a US Navy submariner and a NASA astronaut; he was the second submariner to travel into space.Bowe

Is a US Navy submariner and a NASA astronaut; he was the second submariner to travel into space.Bowen is the first Submarine Officer selected by NASA. He was selected as astronaut candidate in July 2000. He reported for training at the Johnson Space Cente

Was a pioneering Indian rocket scientist who developed techniques in delivering mail by rocket. He w

Was a pioneering Indian rocket scientist who developed techniques in delivering mail by rocket. He was the most innovative of the early rocket pioneers. Unlike Schmiedl whom the Austrian Authorities banned from further experimenting, Smith was encouraged in his experiments by Indian Officials. In the ten year span of his experiments (1934-1944), Smith made some 270 launches, including at least 80 rocket mail flights.

Is a NASA astronaut.Robinson started work for NASA in 1975 as a student intern at NASA's Ames Resear

Is a NASA astronaut.Robinson started work for NASA in 1975 as a student intern at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. After graduation from the University of California at Davis, he joined NASA Ames in 1979 as a research scientist in

Is an American astronaut and a veteran of two space shuttle missions. Raised in the suburbs of Pitts

Is an American astronaut and a veteran of two space shuttle missions. Raised in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Frick graduated from Pine-Richland High School in 1982, earned a degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy

An American ecologist on the faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author and

An American ecologist on the faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author and proponent of the unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography (UNTB), which seeks to explain the diversity and relative abundance of species in ecological communities. Dr. Hubbell is also a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Balboa, Panama.Stephen Hubbell was born in Gainesville, Florida.[1] He earned his doctorate in zoology at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1969. As a professor at the University of Michigan, he taught graduate courses for the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica. Later, at Princeton University, as a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, he continued study of the population biology of tropical trees.

Is the founder of New Zealand retailer The Warehouse.Stephen Tindall founded The Warehouse in 1982 a

Is the founder of New Zealand retailer The Warehouse.Stephen Tindall founded The Warehouse in 1982 after 12 years with retailer George Court & Sons as Merchandise Director. He held the position of Managing Director until January 2001, when he became known as the Founder.

A NASA Astronaut.Oswald graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1973, and was designated a naval av

A NASA Astronaut.Oswald graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1973, and was designated a naval aviator in September 1974. Following training in the A-7 Corsair II aircraft, he flew aboard the USS Midway from 1975 through 1977. In 1978, Oswald attended

Was a Yugoslav academic.He attended secondary school in Rome, Italy, and graduated from the Taft Sch

Was a Yugoslav academic.He attended secondary school in Rome, Italy, and graduated from the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, in 1930. He earned a degree in physics at Princeton University in 1934.

Is a former NASA astronaut who flew on five spaceflights .Graduated from Salina High School Central,

Is a former NASA astronaut who flew on five spaceflights .Graduated from Salina High School Central, Salina, Kansas, in 1969; received bachelor of arts degrees in physics and astronomy (graduating with highest distinction) from the University of Kansas in

Prominent Canadian-American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and author of popular sc

Prominent Canadian-American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and author of popular science. Pinker is known for his wide-ranging advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind

Is a Canadian astronaut. He is the current President of the Canadian Space Agency, appointed on Sept

Is a Canadian astronaut. He is the current President of the Canadian Space Agency, appointed on September 2, 2008.Maclean attended Merivale High School in Ottawa. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 1977 and a doctorate in physics in 19

Is an America technology executive and NASA astronaut.NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Space

Is an America technology executive and NASA astronaut.NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, IBM Outstanding Community Service Award.

Is a retired Colonel in the USAF and a former NASA astronaut.Nagel received his commission in 1969 t

Is a retired Colonel in the USAF and a former NASA astronaut.Nagel received his commission in 1969 through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) program at the University of Illinois. He completed undergraduate pilot training at Laredo Air

Is an American Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. Lindsey currently serves as Chief of the NASA

Is an American Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. Lindsey currently serves as Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office.Lindsey was born in Arcadia, California, although he considers Temple City, California to be his hometown. Lindsey graduated from Temple

American physicist, and Nobel laureate for his contributions with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow to

American physicist, and Nobel laureate for his contributions with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow to the unification of the weak force and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles.

Was a Croatian scientist (physicists and geophysicist) born in the town of Bakar and died in the cit

Was a Croatian scientist (physicists and geophysicist) born in the town of Bakar and died in the city of Zagreb, Croatia. His father is world famous geophysicist Andrija Mohorovicic.Stjepan Mohorovicic is often called "the father of positronium" because his most significant work is the prediction of the existence of positronium (1934.).

Was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.

Was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.

Was a NASA astronaut, who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. The mission lasted

Was a NASA astronaut, who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. The mission lasted from January 31 to February 9, 1971 and was the third mission to land astronauts (Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell) on the Moon. While Shepard and Mitchell spent two days on the lunar surface, Roosa conducted experiments from orbit in the command module "Kitty Hawk". He was one of only 24 men to have flown to the Moon.