Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a retired United States Air Force colonel, NASA Astronaut and test pilot.Selected by NASA in Janu

Is a retired United States Air Force colonel, NASA Astronaut and test pilot.Selected by NASA in January 1990, Searfoss became an astronaut in July 1991. Initially assigned to the Astronaut Office Mission Support Branch, Searfoss was part of a team respons

Also known as Lord British in Ultima and General British in Tabula Rasa, is a significant figure in

Also known as Lord British in Ultima and General British in Tabula Rasa, is a significant figure in the video game industry. He was originally a game designer and programmer, but now engages in various aspects of computer game development. On October 12,

Was a French archeologist who worked at the C. N. R. S.. He specialized in the French region of Aqui

Was a French archeologist who worked at the C. N. R. S.. He specialized in the French region of Aquitaine.

Was an astronaut and the space shuttle commander of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft

Was an astronaut and the space shuttle commander of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.

A Canadian-American professor (Emeritus) at Stanford University. In 1990, he shared the Nobel Prize

A Canadian-American professor (Emeritus) at Stanford University. In 1990, he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Jerome Friedman and Henry Kendall "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons

Is a prominent computer scientist who, with Juris Hartmanis, received the 1993 ACM Turing Award "in

Is a prominent computer scientist who, with Juris Hartmanis, received the 1993 ACM Turing Award "in recognition of their seminal paper which established the foundations for the field of computational complexity theory"

A Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University, in Houston, Texas. He was awarded the Nobel

A Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University, in Houston, Texas. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of a new form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene ("buckyballs") (with Robert Curl, also a professor of chemistry at Rice, and Harold Kroto, a professor at the University of Sussex)

Is a retired NASA astronaut. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon.He received his w

Is a retired NASA astronaut. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon.He received his wings as a naval aviator in 1953. He then attended All-Weather Flight School and jet transitional training and was subsequently assigned to an all-weather f

Is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, Naval Aviator, former astronaut, and was the ei

Is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, Naval Aviator, former astronaut, and was the eighth Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from 1989 to 1992. He was the first former astronaut to head the space agenc

Was a prominent American researcher in animal learning in the Skinnerian tradition. He was one of th

Was a prominent American researcher in animal learning in the Skinnerian tradition. He was one of the founders of quantitative analysis of behavior. His major research finding as an experimental psychologist is called "matching law" -- the tendency of animals to allocate their choices in direct proportion to the rewards they provide. To illustrate the phenomenon, imagine that there are two sources of reward, one of which is twice as rich as the other. Herrnstein found in his research that animals often chose at twice the frequency the alternative that was seemingly twice as valuable. This is known as "matching," both in quantitative analysis of behavior and mathematical psychology". He also developed melioration theory with William Vaughan, Jr.

After graduating from the University of Colorado in 1979, Mr. Hieb came directly to NASA to work in

After graduating from the University of Colorado in 1979, Mr. Hieb came directly to NASA to work in crew procedures development and crew activity planning. He worked in the Mission Control Center on the ascent team for STS-1, and during rendezvous phases on numerous subsequent flights. He has an extensive background in on-orbit procedures development, particularly in rendezvous and proximity operations.

Austrian-German biochemist and Nobel laureate.

Austrian-German biochemist and Nobel laureate.

British biochemist, and winner of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition c

British biochemist, and winner of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition chromatography.

Is a computer scientist and computational theorist, notable for research in the theory of algorithms

Is a computer scientist and computational theorist, notable for research in the theory of algorithms, for which he received a Turing Award in 1985 and the Kyoto Prize in 2008.[1]

A Jewish-German organic chemist whose study of the structure of plant pigments, chlorophyll included

A Jewish-German organic chemist whose study of the structure of plant pigments, chlorophyll included, won him the 1915 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Willstätter invented paper chromatography independently of Mikhail Tsvet.

Is a retired USAF officer and a former NASA astronaut.On his first mission Mullane served as a Missi

Is a retired USAF officer and a former NASA astronaut.On his first mission Mullane served as a Mission Specialist on the crew of STS-41-D which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 30, 1984. This was the maiden flight of the Orbiter Disc

Is an American veterinarian and a NASA astronaut. Selected by NASA in March 1992, Linnehan reported

Is an American veterinarian and a NASA astronaut. Selected by NASA in March 1992, Linnehan reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992 where he completed one year of Astronaut Candidate training qualifying him for Space Shuttle flight assignments

Is a NASA astronaut.Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in May 1980, Richards became an astro

Is a NASA astronaut.Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in May 1980, Richards became an astronaut in August 1981. Richards flew four times--STS-28 (August 8-13, 1989), STS-41 (October 6-10, 1990), STS-50 (June 25-July 9, 1992), and STS-64 (Septembe

Is a former NASA astronaut.Born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, he considers Fort Walton Beach, Florida,

Is a former NASA astronaut.Born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, he considers Fort Walton Beach, Florida, to be his hometown. He graduated from Choctawhatchee High School, Shalimar, Florida, in 1964; received a bachelor of science in engineering sciences with a

American physicist known for expanding the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the sup

American physicist known for expanding the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, and particle theory.

Swiss physical chemist and Nobel Laureate.

Swiss physical chemist and Nobel Laureate.

Is a NASA astronaut. Arnold is currently assigned to STS-119, launched March 15, 2009 to deliver the

Is a NASA astronaut. Arnold is currently assigned to STS-119, launched March 15, 2009 to deliver the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station.[1]

2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contribution to the metathesis reaction used in organic chemis

2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contribution to the metathesis reaction used in organic chemistry.[1]

Was a psychologist who began rising to prominence in the 1960s, when behaviorists like B. F. Skinner

Was a psychologist who began rising to prominence in the 1960s, when behaviorists like B. F. Skinner held sway over psychology and explanations for human behavior were often pared down to rudimentary motives like reward and punishment. In that world, love or sadness existed, but were considered more ornament than underpinning.Dr. Lazarus was a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley who was named by American Psychologist as one of the most influential psychologists in the field. He was a pioneer in the study of emotion and stress, especially their relation to cognition.He was well renowned for his theory of cognitive-mediational theory within emotion.

Is a British computer scientist, author and consultant, who nowadays specializes in Service Oriented

Is a British computer scientist, author and consultant, who nowadays specializes in Service Oriented Architecture and the Service-Based Business.Veryard attended Sevenoaks School from 1966 to 1972, where he was taught by Gerd Sommerhoff. He receive a MA M