Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was a bacteriologist who mainly worked in India. He was the first microbiologist who developed and u

Was a bacteriologist who mainly worked in India. He was the first microbiologist who developed and used vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague. He tested the vaccines on himself. Lord Joseph Lister named him "a savior of humanity"

Was instrumental in establishing drag racing as a legitimate amateur and professional motorsport. He

Was instrumental in establishing drag racing as a legitimate amateur and professional motorsport. He was the Founder, President, and the Chairman of the Board of the National Hot Rod Association, or better known by the acronym NHRA. Parks was also an accomplished automobile writer and hobbyist, and co-founder and first editor of the magazine Hot Rod in the late 1940s. He was also instrumental in the founding of Motor Trend magazine in 1948. As editor of Hot Rod, he began to promote safety in the organization of drag racing, both in the magazine and by organizing "safety safaris," which taught drag racing organization and safety at several tracks around the country. This was the first concerted effort in getting racers off the streets and into controlled race tracks.

One of the first applied psychologists. He applied psychology to various business practices such as

One of the first applied psychologists. He applied psychology to various business practices such as personnel selection and advertising.

American physicist, biochemist, and molecular biology pioneer.

American physicist, biochemist, and molecular biology pioneer.

British chemist who is best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid (vitamin C) whilst wo

British chemist who is best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid (vitamin C) whilst working at Birmingham University.

American physicist at Bell Labs who, along with John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the tran

American physicist at Bell Labs who, along with John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the transistor. They shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention. He devoted much of his life to research on surface states.

German surgeon best known for the discovery of Koch's triangle, a triangular shaped area in the righ

German surgeon best known for the discovery of Koch's triangle, a triangular shaped area in the right atrium of the heart, and of Tawara's node, the atrioventricular node which is the beginning of the auricular-ventricular bundle.

Austrian-born American theoretical physicist. He was awarded, with John Pople, the Nobel Prize in ch

Austrian-born American theoretical physicist. He was awarded, with John Pople, the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1998. The award recognized their contributions to the understandings of the electronic properties of materials.

American academic and psychologist specializing in personality theory and social psychology. He curr

American academic and psychologist specializing in personality theory and social psychology. He currently serves as the Robert Johnston Niven Professor of Humane Letters in the Department of Psychology at Columbia University.

Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas o

Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the control of internal organs. He shared the prize with Egas Moniz.

A German physicist, mathematician, chemist, and Nobel Prize laureate who with Max Born invented the

A German physicist, mathematician, chemist, and Nobel Prize laureate who with Max Born invented the coincidence circuit.

German physicist who is known for his theories behind the calculation of chemical affinity as embodi

German physicist who is known for his theories behind the calculation of chemical affinity as embodied in the third law of thermodynamics,

Was a Chinese-born American missile guidance scientist and a digital computer pioneer.

Was a Chinese-born American missile guidance scientist and a digital computer pioneer.

Is a German-born French mathematician working in the area of self-avoiding random walks, Schramm-Loe

Is a German-born French mathematician working in the area of self-avoiding random walks, Schramm-Loewner evolution, and related theories in probability theory and mathematical physics.

American biochemist, virologist and Nobel prize laureate.

American biochemist, virologist and Nobel prize laureate.

Is a Captain in the U.S. Navy, a helicopter pilot, an engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. She was

Is a Captain in the U.S. Navy, a helicopter pilot, an engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. She was the first female graduate of the US Naval Academy to fly in space and she has also visited the Russian Space Station Mir. She was a mission specialist on

A celebrated German physicist and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of quantum mechanics and ackno

A celebrated German physicist and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of quantum mechanics and acknowledged to be one of the most important physicists of the twentieth century. H

German physicist, who, on November 8, 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wav

German physicist, who, on November 8, 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as x-rays or R

A German physicist, who, on November 8, 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a w

A German physicist, who, on November 8, 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as x-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.

Was a German entomologist.He was the author of many articles about insects mainly in Archiv für Nat

Was a German entomologist.He was the author of many articles about insects mainly in Archiv für Naturgeschichte.

German medical doctor, psychologist, physiologist, and professor who is, along with William James, r

German medical doctor, psychologist, physiologist, and professor who is, along with William James, regarded as the father of psychology

Was a German naturalist.He wrote Zoologische Beiträge gesammelt im Winter 1859/60 in Neapel und Mes

Was a German naturalist.He wrote Zoologische Beiträge gesammelt im Winter 1859/60 in Neapel und Messina... in 1861 at Leipzig.

A Latvian/German chemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his work on catalysis

A Latvian/German chemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his work on catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocities. Ostwald, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Svante Arrhenius are usually credited with being the modern founders of the field of physical chemistry

Is Croatian scientist and inventor in the field of machine engineering.He is the inventor and main d

Is Croatian scientist and inventor in the field of machine engineering.He is the inventor and main developer of NSC-Engine [3]. NSC-Engine is piston isothermal heat engine developed on the basis of NSC-koncept, patented 2008.

German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to compose Wien's displ

German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to compose Wien's displacement law, which relates the maximum emission of a blackbody to its temperature.