Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter D

An author on Hinduism, Yoga and Ayurveda, and the founder and director of the American Institute for

An author on Hinduism, Yoga and Ayurveda, and the founder and director of the American Institute for Vedic Studies in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which offers courses on Yoga philosophy, Ayurveda, and Hindu astrology. He is also a Professor of Vedic Astrology and Ayurveda at the International Vedic Hindu University (IVHU). He is a Vaidya (Ayurvedic doctor), and a Jyotishi (Vedic astrologer).[1]

Was an eminent English sociologist. One of the few sociologists elected to the Royal Society. He is

Was an eminent English sociologist. One of the few sociologists elected to the Royal Society. He is also one of the very few people to be elected both FBA and FRS. He was professor of sociology at the London School of Economics, 1948-1978.

1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing

1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was shared with Roger W. Sperry for his independent research on the cerebral hemispheres.

Was a British ornithologist and biologist.After Cambridge, he became a schoolmaster at Dartington Ha

Was a British ornithologist and biologist.After Cambridge, he became a schoolmaster at Dartington Hall School, Devonshire until Summer 1938 when he took a year off to study bird behaviour on the Galapagos Islands. He was only in the Galapagos for part of that year, starting August 1938. April to August 1939 was spent at the California Academy of Sciences and at Ernst Mayr's home in New Jersey. He returned home in September 1939, after the outbreak of war.[4]During World War II Lack served in the British Army working on radar research. After hostilities ended he was made Director of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology at Oxford University (1945-1973)

Was a United States astronaut for NASA.Walker was graduated from Annapolis and subsequently received

Was a United States astronaut for NASA.Walker was graduated from Annapolis and subsequently received flight training from the Naval Aviation Training Command at bases in Florida, Mississippi, and Texas. He was designated a naval aviator in December 1967 a

He was killed on his first space flight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disintegrated dur

He was killed on his first space flight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disintegrated during orbital reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Brown became an astronaut in 1996, but had not served on a space mission prior to the Columbia disaster.

Was an American astrophysicist. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned a Ph.D in physics at C

Was an American astrophysicist. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned a Ph.D in physics at Caltech in 1971, and went on to become one of the world's foremost experts on the Big Bang theory and an early proponent of the theory of dark matter.

Was a co-founder of Hewlett-Packard. Born in Pueblo, Colorado, he received his B.A. from Stanford Un

Was a co-founder of Hewlett-Packard. Born in Pueblo, Colorado, he received his B.A. from Stanford University in 1934. Afterwards he worked for the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York.In 1938, he returned from New York to Stanford, where he received a master's in Electrical Engineering the following year. In the same year, he married Lucile Salter with whom he had four children: David, Nancy, Susan, and Julie. Lucile Salter died in 1987.

A former NASA astronaut, was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963. As

A former NASA astronaut, was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963. As commander of the Apollo 15 mission, the fourth human lunar landing, he was the seventh person to walk on the Moon and the first person to drive on the Moon

Is a computer scientist specializing in algorithms and optimization. He is currently the head of the

Is a computer scientist specializing in algorithms and optimization. He is currently the head of the Algorithms and Optimization Department of AT&T Labs Research.Johnson graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College in 1967, then earned his S.M. from MIT

Was a leading American psychologist. He developed well-known intelligence scales, such as the Wechsl

Was a leading American psychologist. He developed well-known intelligence scales, such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC).

American psychologist. He developed well-known intelligence scales, such as the Wechsler Adult Intel

American psychologist. He developed well-known intelligence scales, such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC).

Is an Australian academic, specialising in international relations and terrorism

Is an Australian academic, specialising in international relations and terrorism

Was a Canadian paleoanthropologist, best known for his naming of Sinanthropus pekinensis (now Homo e

Was a Canadian paleoanthropologist, best known for his naming of Sinanthropus pekinensis (now Homo erectus pekinensis). He was Chairman of the Geological Survey of China and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was known as ??? (pinyin: Bù Dásheng) in China.

A Canadian paleoanthropologist, best known for his naming of Sinanthropus pekinensis (now Homo erect

A Canadian paleoanthropologist, best known for his naming of Sinanthropus pekinensis (now Homo erectus pekinensis). He was Chairman of the Geological Survey of China and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was known as ??? in China.

An Indian mathematician, known for his numerous contributions to the theory of communication systems

An Indian mathematician, known for his numerous contributions to the theory of communication systems, control theory and queueing theory.He got his B.Sc. (1964) and Ph.D. (1967) in electrical engineering from University of London, on an Atomic Energy Research fellowship (1965-67), as well as being affiliated with the Control systems center at the University of Manchester. His work focused on control of atomic energy systems. He then joined Bell Labs as a member of the technical staff (1968), working on semiconductor networks, diffusion models for service adoption and traffic modeling. Mitra was head of Mathematics of Networks and Systems research division (1986-99),

Was a French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the s

Was a French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the steam engine.

A Hungarian physicist and inventor, most notable for inventing holography, for which he later receiv

A Hungarian physicist and inventor, most notable for inventing holography, for which he later received the Nobel Prize in Physic

Better known as D. James Kennedy, was an American televangelist, megachurch pastor, and founder of t

Better known as D. James Kennedy, was an American televangelist, megachurch pastor, and founder of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was senior pastor from 1960 until his death in 2007. He began Coral Ridge Ministries in 1974, which produces the weekly television program, The Coral Ridge Hour, carried on various networks and syndicated on numerous other stations, and a daily radio program, Truths That Transform, heard on radio stations in the United States and also available as a podcast on the program's website. During his lifetime, Coral Ridge Ministries grew to a US$37-million-a-year non-profit corporation with an audience of 3.5 million.

Is an American computer scientist notable for his influence on C and other programming languages, an

Is an American computer scientist notable for his influence on C and other programming languages, and on operating systems such as Multics and Unix.

Was one of the most significant British nature conservationists of the 20th century. He was Chief Sc

Was one of the most significant British nature conservationists of the 20th century. He was Chief Scientist for the Nature Conservancy Council at the Monks Wood Experimental Station, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, retiring in 1989. Ratcliffe was the author of the 1977 Nature Conservation Review, a document which set out the most important sites for nature conservation in the United Kingdom. He also published various works on nature and conservation. [1]

British organic chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate.

British organic chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate.

A clinical and developmental psychologist.She completed her A.B. in Psychology and Philosophy at Hun

A clinical and developmental psychologist.She completed her A.B. in Psychology and Philosophy at Hunter College, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley .She is a clinical and developmental psychologist at the Institute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley.[1] She is known for her research on parenting styles[2][3] and for her critique of deception in psychological research, especially Stanley Milgram's controversial experiment.[4][5][6]Her parenting styles were based on two aspects of parenting that she found to be extremely important. The first was "Parental responsiveness", which refers to the degree the parent responds to the child's needs. The second was "Parental demandingness" which is the extent to which the parent expects more mature and responsible behavior from a child.

Is a pioneering Australian feminist anthropologist, author and activitist

Is a pioneering Australian feminist anthropologist, author and activitist

German sociologist and anthropologist.

German sociologist and anthropologist.